Greece Migrant Disaster: Capsized Boat Had 100 Children in Hold

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Left narrative

Not only has Greece abandoned asylum-seekers fleeing from impoverished, war-stricken homelands, it has prosecuted activists attempting to alert authorities to the whereabouts of those headed toward its borders. The government is violating international law, and it should reallocate its resources toward defending the vulnerable instead of imprisoning them and those trying to help them.

Right narrative

While politically liberal European countries are the loudest proponents of open borders, under the current system of first-to-receive-first-to-deal-with, they don't bear nearly the same responsibility dealing with migration as Greece, Italy, and Malta. Hopefully, a new system of offering money per migrant rather than settling them will be passed — if not, the entire continent will soon be overwhelmed by migration on a scale it cannot cope with.


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