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filister@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say

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Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say

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More than 40 people are alleged to have died as a result of Greek coastguard actions, BBC analysis reveals.
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    While I agree with your statement, there is also a difference in how awful we are, between allowing capsized vessels to just take their course and if we deliberately throw migrants overboard, as this post says is happening in Greece.

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      Is it really so different though? The outcome of both situations is the same. Migrants are dying, through direct action and deliberate inaction.

      Mediterranean nations have the opportunity to protect lives, but instead they choose kill / let migrants die.

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        Yes it is. Might as well start an invasion of half the middle east if inaction is the same thing as active murder.

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          When a government is informed that people are dying within its waters, and the gov has the capability to respond but deliberately chooses not to because the victims are “african”, you think that the government bears no responsibity for their deaths?

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              OK. So by that logic, let’s say you are touring Europe and have a heart attack. The paramedics are in the area and available, but refuse to take you to the hospital. You are left to die on the street.

              You think you deserve such foul treatment?

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                Have I snuck in through a known danger or used my visa?

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                  I’m sorry, but there is no situation where it is permissible to stand idle as someone suffers an untimely and preventable death.

                  Even soldiers at war, captured in foreign territory without visas, are entitled to lifesaving care.

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                  gulag

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                  “Snuck in” is a very strange word to use for asylum seekers

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