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Questions & Help Mar 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM

Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information

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https://apnews.com/article/migrants-vanishing-missing-mediterranean-authorities-silent-ee527d91dc96550685c88e87c1ce4e6b
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WilliamInBlack Mar 17, 2026 +730
People being called ‘missing’ gets real convenient when nobody wants to answer for what happened.
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solomons-mom Mar 17, 2026 +647
Who do you mean by "nobody" wants to answer? These people are attempting to migrate independent of any government. None of them are registering on a passenger log or with the government of the shore of departure. How many were even born in the country of departure, and how many were born in countries that do not record all births? "Nobody" is not merely a convenient cop-out.
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GreenStrong Mar 17, 2026 +500
There is a possibility that coast guards and civilian vessels are ignoring the law of the sea and failing to exert maximal effort to rescue them. This still leaves open the question of what the f*** they are actually supposed to do. If you saw a drowning man, you would rescue him; you would pause fishing or cargo hauling or whatever. If it happened every time you tried to catch a fish, and they just kept throwing themselves into the ocean, at some point you would need to earn a living. The various nation's coast guards are there to enforce laws and rescue people, but not to act as a ferry service for human traffickers who cram people into non-seaworthy boats. The migrants are abusing laws on refugees, otherwise it would simply be possible rescue them, send them home, and future migrants would be unmotivated to take the trip. Changing those laws is an option, but they were written in response to the Holocaust; people who had seen the ultimate horror decided they would never turn away refugees from mass murder. Most of them are actually refugees from a bad economy; the post WWII generation didn't foresee this.
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solomons-mom Mar 17, 2026 +110
I was hoping my comment would bring in balanced, reasoned comments like yours. Thanks.
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GreenStrong Mar 17, 2026 +55
Yeah. I think Europe needs to act to limit migration, but I can understand the motives and values that got them to this situation.
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indefinite_thoughts Mar 17, 2026
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Butane9000 Mar 17, 2026 +113
You cannot be a refugee from a bad economy. You can be a refugee from war or persecution. That's one thing that needs to be kept in mind. Are you a member of the LGBTQ+ community fleeing presecution from religious theocratic states? Yeah I can certainly see giving refugee status there. Hey is your country mired in an ethnic cleansing conflict currently? Sure refugee status makes sense. Hey your economy sucks because your government sucks, and you can potentially change it if you stay? No I'm sorry refugee status doesn't apply there. Now is there an argument to be made that Western nations need to stop destabilizing countries? F*** yes. Do we need to work with people who actively want to fix those same countries? Also yes.
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GreenStrong Mar 17, 2026 +96
>Hey your economy sucks because your government sucks, and you can potentially change it if you stay? No I'm sorry refugee status doesn't apply there. One weird trick to become a legit refugee- immigration enforcement hates it: *leave your ID at home and say you're from that other country.* Arguably, emigration in many cases acts as a safety valve for bad regimes. If you're oppressing your population, so you want the boldest members of your underclass to f*** off somewhere else and send money home to their families? Or would you prefer that they stay home and imagine a better future for the nation, without your regime? Of course, it is inhuman to say "y'all stay home and suffer until you get angry enough to revolt". And, revolution is no guarantee of better governance. But emigration is a strong net positive for oppressors, in most cases.
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Legitimate_Smile_470 Mar 19, 2026 +1
>Hey your economy sucks because your government sucks, and you can potentially change it if you stay? No I'm sorry refugee status doesn't apply there. I want to agree, but why shouldn't refugee status apply if the person faces functionally the same outcome? Aren't there even situations where some wars and some persecutions might be preferable to poverty?
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Find_another_whey Mar 17, 2026 -72
Since we are not going to stop deliberately destabilizing other countries, if they do not submit to trade terms which greatly favour the West - because that's been the game for the past let's say 400 years at least... Any chance you'd reconsider about the "not a ferry service" shit It's cold, I'm drowning because I can't swim, and I just spent days watching people die and get thrown overboard on the way
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ameliajean Mar 18, 2026 +1
The fact you’ve been downvoted so bad says a lot about the astroturfing in this sub
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Find_another_whey Mar 18, 2026 -7
Some minorities one is proud to be within Many majorities one is ashamed to be within Could be worse You could have stayed silent
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Narrow-Key365 Mar 18, 2026 +1
Fantastic comment
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hairyscotsman2 Mar 17, 2026 -40
As long as we manufacture the bombs that create refugees, as Westerners can keep our murderous mouths shut about those fleeing the conflicts we (well, the billionaires and corporations we don't bother taxing) profit from. Interesting, if typically cowardly Western take on having common decency and respect for human life.
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phillycheeseenjoyer Mar 17, 2026 +74
??? What’s there to “answer for” exactly?
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A_terrible_musician Mar 17, 2026 -41
Are they dying, are they being kidnapped and trafficked? Should we be helping people?
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RexInvictus787 Mar 17, 2026 +48
In case this question is legitimate, they are sinking their own boats. It’s common practice. Fill a boat with refugees. Sail just off the coast of a rich country. Sink your boat. Call SOS. The coast guard is obligated by international law to rescue you and take you ashore. Once ashore you claim refugee status and now it’s hard for the people who rescued you to get rid of you. It’s happening so much now the coast guards of various Mediterranean nations aren’t responding to all of them anymore. Either because they can’t keep up with the volume, or they don’t want to.
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DisillusionedPatriot Mar 17, 2026 -109
That's kinda the point, no? Migrants are conveniently disappearing, and nobody cares because of mindsets like yours and the one above you.
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phillycheeseenjoyer Mar 17, 2026 +124
Again, I’m wondering how the weight of responsibility magically lands on anyone’s lap here. If you voluntarily get on an inflatable open boat with 40 other people, no radio, no EPIRB, no satphone, and no navigational or weather routing aids, guess whose fault it is when you drown. Just guess, go on.
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Captainfoxluther Mar 17, 2026 +133
Stricter laws and actually enforcement of them will result and fewer people making the trek. Reducing the deaths from crossing.
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amooz Mar 17, 2026 +24
Can you elaborate on your idea a bit more, what would need to be stricter? And what would more enforcement look like?
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lewger Mar 18, 2026 +21
You can read up on how Australia stopped boat arrivals. Turn around boats. Send them back in seaworthy vessel's. Overseas detention and no chance of living in Australia
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pruchel Mar 17, 2026 +31
Make every effort to turn boats around loooooong before entering any mediterranean states, shoot at anyone not acquiesceing to demands as hostile invaders. It should have been the normal way of things from the get-go. At this point the migrant mafia have such a hold of most of northern Africa and so much influence no matter what you do it's a shitfest. If we just ran strict from day 1 we'd have already saved more lives than we ever could have possibly saved by allowing random economic migrants into European countries in the first place.
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Independent-Reader Mar 18, 2026 +1
Shoot migrants fleeing terrible situations? That's your big plan? Wtf dude.
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FrazzleMind Mar 18, 2026 +4
So simple, why didnt anyone think of it before????? Oh yeah, because its a goddamn monstrous and inhuman idea.
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terrorrier Mar 18, 2026 -1
This mindset makes me so nervous for the future. We are making vast areas of the planet uninhabitable through climate change and war, and I don’t think our governments or populace’s will be quick to just allow all the refugees in. I fear there will be many unnecessary deaths.
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SevereSignificance81 Mar 18, 2026 +6
It is not our job to house the global south.
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terrorrier Mar 18, 2026 +1
Is it the job of the top polluters to make amends to those most impacted by pollution?
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SevereSignificance81 Mar 18, 2026 +4
You mean - India china and the United States? Attributing the blame is a difficult game to play. Do you think countries have obligations to their citizens or to international first and foremost? Sure, let’s keep taking all these low skilled migrants that don’t speak English and give them EBT, medicaid and social security until society breaks. Good thinking 👍
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terrorrier Mar 18, 2026 +1
Whichever countries are the top. I’m not really speaking about specific governments or politics. More just, what is our moral responsibility to other human beings?
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QuotableMorceau Mar 17, 2026 +13
There are serious issues when it comes to carrying of deportation ruled by the courts for many immigrants, it is the complete opposite of what US is doing, there they deport people before exhausting their legal options, in EU immigrants that have lost their last court battle to stay, still hang around. This creates two issues : would-be immigrants get the message that once in EU you can't be kicked out, and second issue occurs when any illegal immigrant that has not been deported commits a violent crime, they are then used as propaganda to stoke resentment towards all immigrants.
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VapeThisBro Mar 17, 2026 +1
Doesn't work for the US. Don't know why it would make it different for Europe.
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TBradley Mar 17, 2026 +36
US border crossings are down 90+% with the tougher enforcement and initial asylum and refugee assessments (denying most claims on arrival). https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters Enforcement matters a lot as well as how quickly asylum and refugee requests are processed and their success rate. Also seen with Australia’s policies drastically reducing their illegal migration numbers. I personally think they could continue with low illegal migration numbers while being more lawful in internal US operations but it has been effective in reducing the numbers arriving.
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VapeThisBro Mar 18, 2026
This number only applies to last year vs this year. The numbers drop every few years. The numbers were this low when Obama was in office. Obama wasn't doing the same things as trump to scare off immigrants
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TBradley Mar 18, 2026 +14
It did drop but was still at best 300 to 400% more than under Trump’s 2nd term. It is just a fact that Trump and his border policies are discouraging illegal migration more than any other administration in the last 30+ years.
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KellogKyronKorn Mar 18, 2026 +6
Obama literally had a nickname Deporter-in-Chief, he was doing similar policy to Trump just not being bombastic about it.
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great_whitehope Mar 17, 2026 -3
Well America is trying to secure land borders where as Europe has a sea
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VapeThisBro Mar 17, 2026 +9
They have to cross through the desert....it's not exactly a walk in the park. Thousands die every year
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Acceptable-Peace-69 Mar 17, 2026 -30
… and increasing deaths in the places they are emigrating from. There’s a reason they’re willing to risk their lives after all.
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CuriOS_26 Mar 17, 2026 -24
But if they die on their side of the border, it’s not our problem! Signed: EU. (Sarcastic, but for real, that’s how they see it)
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Powerful_Brief1724 Mar 17, 2026 +165
Not Europe's problem tho
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HalcyonTraveler Mar 17, 2026 -84
Sociopathic thing to say about people fleeing problems that can be traced back to European exploitation 
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DandD_Gamers Mar 17, 2026 +65
Blame others, never fix shit I see
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HalcyonTraveler Mar 17, 2026 -53
Yeah that is what Europeans and Americans are doing to immigrants what’s your point 
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All_will_be_Juan Mar 17, 2026 +107
Obesity epidemic among local shark population baffals marine biologists
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fragglebags Mar 17, 2026 +16
The sharks in the Mediterranean need all the help they can get. 
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Ava626 Mar 17, 2026 +101
Europe is being overrun by illegal immigrants. Many European countries are having severe difficulties to house these people and offer them the healthservices, integration classes and education that they need to build a life in Europe. Do we really expect that countries can keep track of people who come illegaly?! The fact that they are illegal immigrants means that they will not make themselves known to authorities, they will not share their travelplans with officials and they cannot make use of regular, safe transportation. I have seen many documentaries about these people, I have seen the costal towns in Tunisia from where they leave and I have heard the stories from families that are left behind without news. It is positively heartbreaking. That empathy, that I imagine many Europeans have, doea not mean however that Europe can co tinue to carry the burden for these people and their terribly unsafe plans. Europe should close down, benefits for illegal immigrants should be stopped and the coastguard should take them back to the North-African country from which they set sail, so illegal immigration over the Mediterranean Sea is very strongly discouraged.
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ermacia Mar 17, 2026 -62
Maybe Europe should reinstate all of the wealth it took from African countries and help stabilize the regions it purposely destabilized for it's own gain. That would stop all manner of illegal immigration.
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Shadow3xpp Mar 18, 2026 +55
Oh stfu, oh many billion are sent to Africa every year just in aid
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TheGenesisOfTheNerd Mar 18, 2026 -24
Probably not even one percent of what was taken from them. Not even one percent of what is still getting taken. Africa is the richest continent, and Africans are the poorest people, because we take everything they have.
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026 +11
No, the African dictators take everything. Have you ever lived in Africa?
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Ava626 Mar 18, 2026 +1
Did you read the part about corruption?
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026 +8
Yes, that's why I mentioned it. I have first hand experience from living there for a lot of years.
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Ava626 Mar 18, 2026 +1
I’m sorry, I misread your comment and interpreted it as criticism. I haven’t lived in Africa but I have family there so I visit often. I see the streams of illegal migrants walking through the country, and I know what they’ll do when they arrive at the coast. I live in Europe, so I know what influence they’ll have on European countries. As I said in another comment: everyone loses.
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Antagonist007 Mar 19, 2026 +1
No worries, I totally agree. Your comments here are very good.
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Ava626 Mar 18, 2026 +5
Africa is indeed a rich continent, rich in materials in the soil. However, the conditions to profit from aren’t being met. First of all, massive investments must be made to extract these materials. The way it is done now is slow, inefficient and most of all: dangerously and unhealthily. Second, corruption must be stopped. Africa bleeds dry not because of Europe, but because of corruption. I am not saying European corporations don’t profit from that, but it is an African mentality problem. So Africa’s riches just aren’t working for them. And history and experience has shown that just solving this problem for them doesn’t work. It makes them reliant on humanitatian aid. Africa themselves must fix their problems.
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RawDumpling Mar 18, 2026 +28
Yes yes, it’s always the evil white man’s fault
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BeanstheRogue Mar 18, 2026 -9
it's okay. the europeans seem to have lost their footing on the educational front and are slipping into fascism again. nothing we can do for them but eat downvotes
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Ava626 Mar 18, 2026 +10
I am honestly curious: what about my post screams ‘fascism’?
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026
Name one
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ermacia Mar 18, 2026 -4
Algeria, Congo, South Africa, Rwanda, Egypt, Ethiopia... Every single country in Africa, the Middle East and Asia was subject to European colonialism's exploitation until the last century. Some of them are still suffering from the effects of it, or are subject to economic systems set up by colonialism that still exploit them.
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026 +3
On the contrary, South Africa thrived under the "white regime", yet managed to decline further and further under their own (corrupt) leadership. Civil war, tribalism and corruption. It basically affects all countries there.
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Ancient_Sound_5347 Mar 18, 2026 -1
>On the contrary, South Africa thrived under the "white regime" Only for the minority white population. Black South Africans were treated as slaves and most were not allowed to attend colleges and universities because they were required to do low wage manual labor jobs. >yet managed to decline further and further Untrue. Post-Apartheid South Africa improved for the previously oppressed people of color. https://businesstech.co.za/news/trending/143036/21-ways-life-in-south-africa-has-improved-since-1994/
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026
Yes, situation improved so much, they almost have electricity 24h a days. Oh wait...
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Ancient_Sound_5347 Mar 18, 2026 +1
Blackouts ended in 2024. A new team of experts were put in place and given the mandate to implement an aggressive turnaround strategy . Recently the nuclear reactor was successfully reconnected to the grid adding considerably more electricity towards the national grid. https://www.eskom.co.za/koeberg-unit-1-successfully-reconnected-to-the-national-grid-following-major -maintenance-strengthening-baseload-power-energy-availability-factor-eaf-and-energy-security/ https://www.eskom.co.za/loadshedding-suspension-reaches-300-days-over-nine-months-to-deliver-energy-security-and-inclusive-socio-economic-growth/ https://iol.co.za/business-report/economy/2025-01-26-today-marked-10-months-without-load-shedding-in-sa/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-no-power-cuts-winter/263044/ https://www.news24.com/business/economy/end-of-load-shedding-brings-double-dose-of-good-news-says-reserve-bank-20240901 https://iol.co.za/news/2025-07-07-eskom-boosts-national-grid-with-successful-return-of-medupi-unit-4/
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Antagonist007 Mar 19, 2026 +1
"In April 2024, South Africa had a full month without rotational power cuts, which was the first time since January 2022. However, load shedding and scheduled rolling blackouts returned at the end of January 2025" This is from Wikipedia. So no, they did not end.
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Ancient_Sound_5347 Mar 19, 2026 +1
>This is from Wikipedia. Should check on South Africa official websites when it comes to loadshedding alerts not Wikipedia. >So no, they did not end They did. How could there be blackouts when a nuclear power station with two reactors was brought back online?
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ermacia Mar 18, 2026 -1
Ah... I see. No need for further argument. Obviously, the white man should always be the only beneficiary of anyone's labor. Everyone else should live in their shacks and be happy. Get the f*** out of here with your racist bullshit.
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Antagonist007 Mar 18, 2026 +1
Try to stay on topic and refrain from name calling.
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BeanstheRogue Mar 17, 2026 -71
Ah, you sound like a MAGA American.
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Ava626 Mar 18, 2026 +6
No, I sound like someone who has seen the cost of illegal immigration, to everyone involved. The only party not named in my post are the countries the people are migrating from. Those countries are losing the people that might build the country, grow it and improve it. Everyone loses at the moment.
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Chri_cat90 Mar 17, 2026 +63
>Stay and revolutionize your home countries As if most of us euros wouldn't also run from our countries the moment things went bad. Hell people already do, just look at how many people left Hungary instead of "Staying and revolutionize" against Orban, or all the people leaving Italy for better wages instead of trying to push the government to actually do something about it.
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Security_Breach Mar 17, 2026 +34
>or all the people leaving Italy for better wages instead of trying to push the government to actually do something about it. Yeah, but as an Italian I can confidently say that's a bad thing for our country. It's also a positive feedback loop, as the more young people leave, the worse the situation gets.
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Chri_cat90 Mar 17, 2026 +29
Im not justifying the fact that people leave, im just saying that we shouldn't go and tell people to "stay and change" when us here in Europe people can barely be arsed do that against problem that are way, way less complicated than what people in Africa face (and most importantly against governments that don't shoot live ammo on protesters).
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Security_Breach Mar 17, 2026 +10
>im just saying that we shouldn't go and tell people to "stay and change" when us here in Europe people can barely be arsed do that Sure, if you leave your country for greener pastures, while telling people to stay and change theirs, then you're a hypocrite. However, if the principle is applied consistently, including to one’s own choices, then it’s a perfectly coherent position. I don't see anything wrong with it, unless you hold Africans to a lower standard.
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Chri_cat90 Mar 17, 2026 +3
>However, if the principle is applied consistently, including to one’s own choices, then it’s a perfectly coherent position. That's the point, i have seen way too many people be less than coherent with that, complaining that foreigners don't stay and fight while they themselves are trying to leave, or stay but also complain about every attempt to change things at home (as a fellow italian im sure you saw plenty of the latter, hating strikes and protest seem to be one of our national pastimes)
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Emiian04 Mar 17, 2026 +3
Europeans threw millions of their own underclasses to the americas and África and Oceanía instead of revolutionazing their own countries, or fixing their economies, or stop invading each other, i'm not saying the current situation in the EU is ideal it's not. but i'm sitting here thousands of kilometers away from europe with a european, grandfather, passport and surname, it's hard not to find that comment just a bit childish
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NiobiumThorn Mar 17, 2026 -57
F*** off, barely coded racist
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Lord-Saladass Mar 17, 2026 +2
“Oh no, natives don’t want people to come to their country bringing the practices that turned their country of origin into a shit hole”
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Tijenater Mar 17, 2026 -1
I’d give you three guesses as to why those countries are actually shitholes, but you’d probably need more
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Lord-Saladass Mar 17, 2026 -1
It comes from the scramble for Africa by European colonialism. Drawing borders that fragment different groups and subcultures, leading to constant warring and conflict. Siphoning their resources back to Europe also don’t help. I am fully aware of why Africa is what is now. That doesn’t mean Europe should be flooded with people that refuse to assimilate.
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bring_back_3rd Mar 17, 2026 -2
>Drawing borders that fragment different groups and subcultures, leading to constant warring and conflict. Hmmmm. Almost as though unnaturally forcing people with different cultures together doesn't historically work out.
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DevonLuck24 Mar 17, 2026 -4
“that doesn’t mean europe should be flooded with people that refuse to assimilate” …but that isn’t at all what you said. what you said is just factually incorrect and based on what you’re saying now..you should have known that. so were you just lying for the sake of being racist then or did you did you look into it after being called out and are lying now about being fully aware, implying that you already knew, of the circumstances? you deleted your original reply to my comment so i’m not sure
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DevonLuck24 Mar 17, 2026 +1
you think it’s the practices of the people of africa that turned the country into a shit hole…not the practices of one of the several other countries that extract resources and cause conflict (to extract resources)? i didn’t think the first comment was racist…yours definitely is though
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NiobiumThorn Mar 17, 2026 -6
Oh f*** you
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where-sea-meets-sky Mar 17, 2026 -4
you got downvoted only to have your sentiments proven right lol
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Am_i_banned_yet__ Mar 17, 2026 -7
What does being “full” mean? Have you done research on the actual carrying capacity and available resources in all of Europe? Because I can guarantee Europe is not actually full.
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shoulda-known-better Mar 17, 2026 +24
This makes it sound like they know where the people are.... When it's more likely they are just fleeing into places technically illegally to get away.... People don't tend to pick up and move for funsies.... And a boarder will only stop so many.... At some point people will do what they need to in order to live and survive and you can't blame them because you'd do the same in their situation... Judging from a place of comfort is shortsighted as f***
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Expensive_Heron_171 Mar 17, 2026 +28
I believe the issue is that they may be ignoring maritime law and actively not rescuing folks. So they're making it sound like they know where folks in danger are on purpose because that's the actual implication here.
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shoulda-known-better Mar 17, 2026 +8
I mean wouldn't the goal be no needing to be rescued because then your most likely going back to where you were fleeing !? If it's a rare thing and they ignore it yes I can see why people would be pissed.... They shouldn't let people die because their boats fucked up... But if it's constant and people are abusing it and swimming when they have zero chance without rescue you need to make a stand somewhere.... Designate one or two boats to rescue and the rest go on about their business..... I believe everyone is responsible for their own choices so you take the risk you know what could happen if they don't get to you in time....
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IHaveRedSocks Mar 18, 2026 +9
Maybe they should just try not to enter other countries illegally 🤷‍♂️
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RawDumpling Mar 18, 2026 +9
Europe is already overun with 3rd world trash, we dont need any more
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FluffySpaceWaffle Mar 17, 2026 +11
I read the book A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis I cried so much.
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theapplekid Mar 17, 2026 -1
Id really recommend the movie "I was a stranger" for a humanizing look at what migrants go through to escape political violence by crossing the mediterranean
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MarcAbaddon Mar 18, 2026
People around here don't believe in humanizing migrants anymore.
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Berliner1220 Mar 17, 2026 -63
Why is this never talked about? Especially in Europe, no one seems to care.
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kace91 Mar 17, 2026 +64
What do you mean "never"? It gets media coverage constantly in Spain.
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CatholicSquareDance Mar 17, 2026 +206
a majority of people in most European countries quietly think this is good and want it to keep happening in the hopes that it deters migration.
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Jedi_Tounges Mar 17, 2026 +37
They aren't very quiet about it.
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Pollomonteros Mar 17, 2026 -17
For real look at some of these comments,many of them with a good amount of downvotes too
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OptionalQuality789 Mar 17, 2026 +216
Why is this europes problem? How do we know who these people are to classify them as missing? It’s not like they checked in at the country they sailed from?
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Expensive_Heron_171 Mar 17, 2026 -113
A second comment saying it's not Europe's problem! You are all really starting to sound like Americans at this point.
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MrsClaireUnderwood Mar 17, 2026 -66
Yeah, as an American, this is how it starts. Be warned. Looks like Europe needs another anti-fascist intervention.
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DandD_Gamers Mar 17, 2026 -4
You notice a connecting thing being the issue of why those kinds of people get into power? Notice how it all starts at letting everyone in and pissing people off enough to join the far right? Yet you never, f******, learn.
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MrsClaireUnderwood Mar 17, 2026 -6
"You can't let Mexicans into America or else the right will turn into Nazis and it will be your fault!" Shut your f****** mouth.
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Only--East Mar 17, 2026 -10
The racists really aren't liking these comments lmao
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MrsClaireUnderwood Mar 17, 2026 -7
F*** em.
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Leoszite Mar 17, 2026 -162
Probably because the EU is directly complicit in the reason these people are migrating in the first place. Why act like there's not a history of colonization, neo imperialism, and the stealing of resources.
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Ok-Tomato-5685 Mar 17, 2026 +140
Which country did Bulgaria colonize that causes migrants to come here lmao
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Naznut Mar 17, 2026 +45
What do you think Europe should do in the long term, rescue these folks ad infinitum?
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HalcyonTraveler Mar 17, 2026 -15
Yes!? What an insane question to ask?!?
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Naznut Mar 17, 2026 +7
??? I asked what he thinks Europe should do to put a stop to human trafficking in the Mediterranean, what insanity are you talking about
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OptionalQuality789 Mar 17, 2026 +47
And you expect them to track down “missing” people who to them don’t exist? How are they supposed to do this?
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t3rminallych1ll Mar 17, 2026 +30
Never, it’s a convenient scapegoat to blame for as they continue to flood more immigrants in. Every time it will be the wests fault according to them.
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TexansGuy117 Mar 17, 2026 +83
Ireland is in the EU, and never colonized anyone. In fact it was colonized. So you should edit your post to not say 'EU' etc
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Leoszite Mar 17, 2026 -10
Convient of you to leave out the other things I listed.
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bugabooandtwo Mar 17, 2026 +71
Oh, cut the c***. I swear, one of these days you'll claim European colonization was the reason the dinosaurs went extinct.
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pcmasterrace_noob Mar 17, 2026 +10
They heard the T rexes would one day have oil
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Berliner1220 Mar 17, 2026 -72
Idk maybe cause Europe calls themselves a social superpower and shouldn’t let the victims of their neocolonialism drown at sea?
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bigbramel Mar 17, 2026 +43
Because this happens already for decades. It's not news, just another NGO trying to put numbers on it. The truth is that those migrants don't register their leave, get on c**** dangerous boats and then try to cross a dangerous sea. It's not like any European government is able to track everyone crossing the Mediterranean or that any African or Middle Eastern government wants to track these movements. EDIT: The only "new" news is that the Alt right governments of Malta and Italy refuse to be transparant on their numbers.
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52-61-64-75 Mar 17, 2026 -56
Because the EU also brutally polices their borders and deals with migration in much the same way the US polices it's southern border (I'm not referring to ICE kidnapping people), but we act like we have the moral high ground, the EU habitually pushes back migrants, shoots them, tortures them
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SevereSignificance81 Mar 17, 2026 +70
It might surprise you that most countries round people up who aren’t supposed to be there (kidnapping apparently) and kicks them out.
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RespectedPath Mar 17, 2026 -29
Very few countries 'round people up.' They rely on administrative measures to deter large amounts of unchecked migration. If you make it so they can't get a job or find a place to live, people are less likely to migrate.
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NorysStorys Mar 17, 2026 +14
This is a big reason why gig economy jobs are getting formalised, rather than being contractor based. It forces uber/etc to check right to work for whatever country in question which reduces illegal working. However there is the elephant in the room to making it harder to work as an undocumented migrant. If they don’t stop coming and work becomes harder and harder to find, more will be pushed into criminal activity to make ends meet which will only make things worse.
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52-61-64-75 Mar 17, 2026 -31
It surprises me a lot that you think citizens are not meant to be in a country, which you clearly do since you surely don't believe that ICE hasn't been detaining US citizens, as it's quite widely reported with numerous examples, and is generally caused by complete incompetence that wouldn't occur if they weren't being pressured to hit quotas of people to detain
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Kaiisim Mar 17, 2026 -37
Billionaires control media. They use hatred of immigration to split society and push the far right. This doesn't fit the narrative so isn't discussed in public.
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RefrigeratorLow1069 Mar 17, 2026 +27
Bro pretending to be some kind of revolutionary, by parroting the same ideals championed by the groups he denounces so bravely. The media is constantly showing pictures of sad "refugees" and sharing invented sob stories by the NGOs, like the one you're posting on. This is because billionaires love unchecked immigration, as it suppresses domestic wages and lowers social cohesion.
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klauwaapje Mar 17, 2026 +11
I dont think you have seen much European tv , have you ?
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Expensive_Heron_171 Mar 17, 2026 -13
The comment above you literally says not Europe's problem. It's pretty disturbing. 🇨🇦
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DandD_Gamers Mar 17, 2026 +7
I mean, its not.
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HalcyonTraveler Mar 17, 2026 -22
Holy shit these comments are rancid. 
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CuriOS_26 Mar 17, 2026 -28
ITT: European xenophobia. A tiny sample of it. Ask me how I know…
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Tumortadela Mar 17, 2026 +35
Over half a million migrants in Spain alone the past year. The numbers are crazy for an already non thriving country economy wise. Europe should work on actively protecting their frontiers, starting by getting rid by force of the mafias that are making it possible.
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permanent_banleader Mar 17, 2026 -43
If you’re eating fish from the Mediterranean, you’re eating what ate migrants.
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tetzy Mar 17, 2026 +14
At this point, any fish out of the ocean is so grossly polluted by plastic, oil, run-off from human effluent, radiation from Fukushima and the decay from the billions of tires and barrels of god-knows-what dumped overboard in the name of making a problem 'disappear' that the tiny percentage of humans lost in the sea is genuinely minuscule and wouldn't be in any way traceable.
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Altaccount330 Mar 18, 2026 -1
People don’t get that Africa and Asia can just completely saturate Europe if the people wanted to, but Europe can’t do the same to Africa and Asia.
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korkythecat333 Mar 17, 2026 -48
What right wing countries border the med that have received migrants in the past.
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