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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Fuck wagner but also fuck the polish border guards for murdering migrants.

I dont give a fuck if they're considered "legal" or not - they deserve to be treated like refugees not like a political pawn for both sides.

[–] IndivisibleMan@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just because they aren't "hunting them down" doesn't mean they aren't responsible for their deaths. They have killed them by way of pushbacks, keeping them in the cold and stopping volunteers from helping them. Hundreds have died and have not been recorded while they wash their hands of this abuse.

Poland's government is extremely racist and xenophobic and used the migrants as an easy way to rile up its supporters, while portraining them as "lukashenka's hordes".

Just because something doesn't ally with NATO narrative doesn't mean it's disinformation.

[–] bobman@unilem.org 4 points 1 year ago

I totally agree. Human lives are human lives. People trying to escape abuse for a better life are just as innocent as anyone else.

[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Poland itself is pretty damn far-right, and while they might be helping Ukraine and Ukrainians, this doesn't mean their government is not borderline fascist. Someone else below (@TimeNaan@lemmy.world) provided this link documenting some severe human rights abuses against lots of migrants.

Any situation in which a state denies access to people watching for such abuses - like this - is one that sends immediate and severe warning signs to me. Combined with the other stuff going on around LGBT+ free zones, well, it's worrying imo >.<