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We Don’t Have to Live Like This (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by HallowellNash@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works
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Reposting this from Qasim Rashid, esq. on Mastodon.

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

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[–] Colombo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a bit more nuanced

That is not more nuanced those are plain facts. OP is plainly lying.

She is accused and jailed for voluntarily being a part of a smuggling operation, even when she was explicitly told not to do so by the Italian government.

Compared to completely normal rescue efforts when a boat or plane capsize, when workers are trapped in a mine, when someone is lost in the mountains, or when a bunch of nobodies are taken hostage by a criminal organisation, be it local or abroad.

Again, this is not nuance, those are commonly known facts that OP is lying about.

[–] twelve@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's nuanced. People smuggling worked like this... They would call her (and/or other NGO) and say "we just dropped x people in the sea at these coordinated, bye!". She would go and pick them up (she would not make any money out of this).

What the xenophobic party that was (and kinda is) in power wanted is to her ignore the heads up and let people die in the sea. Because all that party promised to his (debatable) electors is more death in the sea (to scare the other migrants).

Also all this is polical because the vast majority of illegal immigration is through Balkans anyway

[–] ProcurementCat@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago

They would call her (and/or other NGO) and say "we just dropped x people in the sea at these coordinated, bye!". She would go and pick them up (she would not make any money out of this).

The crucial part about that: Captains at sea are required by law to save people or assist vessels that are about to capsize. If she ignored such a call (as the Italian government tells her to), she'd commit a crime. She'd also be liable and could be sued by the survivors or the relatives of the deceased.

She literally did what the law forces her to do, and what the Italian coast guard should be doing but isn't.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Ah and I'm sure you have a source for these "facts" and I'm sure they will stand up in court. It's not like the Italian government would just bring unsustainable allegations for political reasons.

oh wait

they do

all the fucking time