Reposting this from Qasim Rashid, esq. on Mastodon.

(I do know this is discoverable from Mastodon but heck consider it a boost).

  • akitten@kbin.social
    1832·
    2 years ago

    The NGOs in this case work with the people smugglers.

    The “migrant rescue efforts” cause more people to take the risk. This results in more deaths and illegal crossings from people listening to people smugglers.

      • gonzo0815English
        81·
        2 years ago

        People who claim that don’t mean literally work with smugglers. They mean, that efforts to save refugees encourages fleeing.

        That’s about as logical as claiming ambulances are working with drug dealers when they try to save someone ODing.

        • julietOscarEchoEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          It is illogical, not to mention callous. And yet the exaggerated rhetoric persists and whips up negative sentiment towards literal life savers from braindead segments of the far right.

          They’re wrong about encouraging fleeing too (as if that even needed saying) as I’ve pointed out elsewhere on the thread.

          • gonzo0815English
            2·
            2 years ago

            Yepp. But feelings don’t care about facts