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Then put them in the back while you drive a careful 50km/h the first few clicks before and after the border. The point is, I'm actually amazed at the downvotes
by kafkaesq 9y ago
Then put them in the back while you drive a careful 50km/h the first few clicks before and after the border.
The point is, I'm actually amazed at the downvotes, and that people aren't naturally, viscerally having a more human response -- "For heaven's sake, can't I think of a way to help these people? They're fearing for their lives, after all!" -- rather than the response described in the post I was responding to: "Oh shit, it's risky/complicated! Avoid, avoid!"
Especially given this history, among other sordid events in the past:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis
- smm2000 9y agoI doubt they are fearing for their life in Turkey. They definitely will make more money in Europe but it's not like Turkey is putting them in gas chamber or something.
- kafkaesq 9y agoTo suggest that these people are out to make a quick buck is just -- pure snark. And to think that just because Turkey isn't currently running gas chambers that these people have nothing to worry about is, unfortunately, very naive: Amnesty International has slammed Turkey for expelling dozens of Syrian refugees to their war-stricken country, saying the move is in violation of international law. According to a new report released by the UK-based rights group, a total of about 80 Syrian asylum seekers, who were previously held incommunicado in a detention center in the Turkish city of Erzurum, were forced to leave for their country, with 50 more people facing deportation. -- source: look it up yourself