The Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean - 2016

Dec 11, 2016 10:13 PM

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It was the deadliest year on record on the Mediterranean Sea as refugees and migrants from Syria, Nigeria, Afghanistan and other

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Refugees are escorted to the Topaz Responder in a wooden boat as members of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) make rescues

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Migrants try to pull a child out of the Mediterranean sea as they wait to be rescued in October.

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About 120 people were on board this boat in distress, located by a search-and-rescue operation about 23 miles northeast of Tripo

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Thousands of discarded life vests are dumped in the hills above Mithymna, Greece, in March.

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sometimes i wonder if the captions weren

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

So much hate in the comments. Most don't want to live off of the government. Takes time to learn a language to get a job, many variables

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 5

You should post the one where they sank their own boat to look like they were in distress.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 8

so fucking what... stay in your country... fix your problems... stop trying to run to other places and fuck up their country also...

9 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 17

They fuck up and ruin their country, come to ours and institute all the changes they did in their countries and hope for a new outcome.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

Most are men whose religion (Islam for the Majority of refugees) relegates their women to second class citizens.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 6

And therefore what? They don't deserve basic human rights? I don't agree with that teaching, but it doesn't mean they are shitty people

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God created Eve from the rib of Adam, saying "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" ...

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Sura 4:11 "The share of the male shall be twice that of a female"

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And forbidden to you are wedded wives of other people except those who have fallen in your hands [as prisoners of war]

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The Prophet said, 'Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?' The women said, 'Yes.' He said,

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

'This is because of the deficiency of a woman's mind.'

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents [contracts of loans without interest].

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But if two men be not available, there should be one man and two women to bear witness so that if one of the women forgets (anything),

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the other may remind her.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The overwhelming majority of these are men.

9 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 10

Its something like 75% are unaccompanied males..

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They are the most employable. Don't want to risk the life of your wife and children if you don't absolutely have to.

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 23

Im not so sure they are looking for gainful employment.

9 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 10

Just to piss you off?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 10

Why do you think they're coming?

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 15

The majority for welfare. Others for nefarious reasons. Maybe 2/10 are wanting to actually work.

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 10

It's easy for you to convince yourself that they're bad people so you don't feel bad for being a shitty person.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 5

lol. and you got these stats where?

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 13

Maybe they need welfare while they learn the language so they can be employed.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 5

Maybe they are just looking for hand-outs.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

You write like Trump speaks. Just because you put "maybe" in front of pure conjecture doesn't make it the truth.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

And then they come to italy, get paid 35€ per day, do nothing all day, sell drugs, go steal in houses..

9 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 18

Maybe you could go try and make their countries better to live in, oh wait that's difficult, let's just run them out since it's easier right

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 21

A small part of them come here running awat from wars, the majority comes here to take advantage of the hospitality.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Like I said, the easiest option.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Its not our fucking job to fix their shit countries and its not our fucking responsibility to take in anyone who wants to come in.

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 6

humans help each other. if you don't want any part of society, you're welcome to go it alone.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 14

1. The way I see it being able to help someone is a luxury, you need to have money, time, or both. When you let people into your country

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3. Rob me, or slit my throat while I'm sleeping. I'm not generous to the homeless we already have, how can you expect me to aid those I have

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2. It's the equivalency of letting them into your home, And for me there's only a handful of people I would take in and trust them not to

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4. Less in common with?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Letting them into our country isn't the same as our home... and you need realize that for them it's a matter of life and death

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

The homeless in the country are generally mentally ill. Refugees are just like you and I, but desperate.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

I want a part of my society, they can have a art in fixing theirs instead of running from it

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

Don't think if they could fix their society they would? You know how hard it is to start a business or a revolution when you're illiterate?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 8

It's the 21st century. You don't live in a bubble anymore.

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