Reposting this from Qasim Rashid, esq. on Mastodon.

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

  • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Seeing people suggesting that rescue efforts encourage more people to take the risk of crossing. Not true if you look at the data.

    these results strongly suggest that…the absence of SAR operations…has little or no effect on the number of arrivals

    Oxford study.

  • rty654rty654@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Only rich people matter.

    Poor people aren’t human and therefore don’t deserve rights or help.