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"adverse economic conditions"? I suppose you have a good handle on what causes someone to pack up, leave their home and family, spend months in squalor then han
by hgomersall 3y ago
"adverse economic conditions"? I suppose you have a good handle on what causes someone to pack up, leave their home and family, spend months in squalor then hand over their life savings to a bunch of sharks to ferry you across the sea in an wholly unseaworthy craft that has been incompetently maintained. I guess they were just after a job?
- EA-3167 3y agoIn this case? Yes. There have been plenty of interviews with friends and family from the part of Pakistan a lot of these people came from. In one case a father talked about how he begged his son not to do this, because it was dangerous and even if he made it to Europe life wouldn't be what he imagined. His son took out a ~$8k loan, made the trip, and died. Specifically he left to "make a better life for [his] family" because of economic conditions. So while you are certainly free to empathize with people taking desperate measures to improve their lives, it's important not to confuse them with people seeking refuge from imminent harm, such as government oppression or something similar.