Survivors of the Greece boat disaster say an attempt by the Greek coastguard to tow the boat made it sink.
  • uint8_t@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    how Europe handles refugees and migrants is such a shame. we could do better. we should do better.

    • Djorjoe@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      You mean how mostly the Mediterranean e.g Italy and Greece handles it? Cause they do all the work and all things considered do pretty well. Maybe if the rest of Europe pitched in more that would be great.

      • Akulagr@vlemmy.netEnglish
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        2 years ago

        This is such a complex issue but it is baffling that whenever there is an incident such as the one that happened recently, the whole blame is always placed in the government agencies rather than the criminals that organise and charge for such dangerous crossings.

        • homoludens@feddit.deOPEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Well, I’d like to hold government agencies to a higher standard than human traffickers. That the criminals who organize these crossings are scum isn’t really disputed by anyone.

  • Headcannon@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I blame the criminal gang that took their money, provided the boat and sent them all out there. Odd the news never mentions that end of the boats journey. I guess that would require some journalism though instead of the “This person said this. That person said that” lazy copy that is standard nowadays

    • Akulagr@vlemmy.netEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Well yes, it’s always easier to just blame the government rather than doing a full investigation to find the actual root of the issue and the culprits.

    • shapesandstuff@feddit.deEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Thats not news though its a well known fact that gets reported on plenty.

      However, do you want to have headlines like “this issue is still the same, nothing changed, there are no news”?