Wow. The video of the Greek official, denying everything during the official interview (whilst seeing video of a migrant woman and her child, forced onto a boat by armed men, who were then left in a dinghy to float towards Turkey), then caught with a hot mic during the break, talking to a colleague, saying:
“I haven’t told them much, right? It’s very clear, isn’t it. It’s not nuclear physics. I don’t know why they did it in broad daylight… It’s… obviously illegal. It’s an international crime.”
This migrant crisis will only get worse.
It’s like he’d never seen The Jinx.
When the Right talks about stopping immigration, that’s what they actually mean.
The fact that this is breaking on the BBC, also should tell you something about the state of press freedom in Mitsotakis’ Greece.
That’s what I hate the most.
If hell is real it won’t be adequate punishment for these assholes
Not surprising. ACAB includes these fuckers as well.
Fun History Fact:
Between 1967 and 1974 a Greek military junta overthrew the government because they didn’t like the election results.
20% of the population still approves of it. 19% don’t have a strong opinion on a fascist takeover of democracy and the suspension of human rights in Greece.
30% of the population has nostalgia for the period.
Fun history fact. The US and UK bombed Greek partisans who helped fight against the Nazis. This was done to ensure a far right dominance in Greece after the Nazis left.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_operations_during_the_Greek_Civil_War
Unsurprisingly the fascist Junta was good buddies with the rest of “civilised” Europe and the US.
According to IOM, 2023 was the
Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants with Nearly 8,600 Deaths in 2023
And BBC talks about 43 deaths in 3 years?
The 15 incidents we analysed - dated May 2020-23 - resulted in 43 deaths.
I’m not denying they analysed 15 incidents, I’m just saying that the number of deaths presented in this article is far to low, to be close to the actual number.
No wonder the EU wanted to give 1 billion to the Tunesian dictator to throw migrants in the desert
Somehow the word illegal is always missed when saying immigrants.
Which other crimes should also be punished by drowning you and your children in the ocean? Shoplifting? Speeding? Littering?
Didn’t wish death on these people. Just saying that the word illegal is always skipped.
Calling people “illegal” is dehumanizing. The fact that this is what outrages you in this story kind of says it all.
It is also factually wrong. The “legality” can only be determined by a lawful process after the people fled. Seeking refugee is a human right and the EU is happy to annihilate it for non white people.
Not calling them illegal makes you the problem.
You heard it here: Refusing to mislabel refugees as “illegal” is the problem, not drowning them.
… You won’t have a name when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be “deportee”… https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=awKLW7WgGB8&si=uknAHeB2oFiVV5Fv
