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Oh sure, the Chagossians aren't allowed to live there, but a bunch of Tamils who don't want to be there are forced to stay. Makes perfect sense; good job UK! 👍 \s
Holy shit, what a depressing story. Those poor people are finding out in a very painful way that bureaucracy has nothing to do with rational reasoning.
Sounds similar to what happened to the refugees Australia kept on Manus Island: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/opinions/australia-manus-refugee-opinion-intl/index.html
How were they planning to get to Canada from Sri Lanka in a fishing boat?
Maybe not the best plan, but they were also fleeing for their lives, so we should probably cut them some slack.
Ok but I actually want to know what the plan was. Why not Australia? Somewhere more easily accessible.
There's no way a fishing boat could possibly reach Canada. It doesn't have enough fuel or food / water.
Considering Australia has done exactly this same thing to other people, they probably were not in favor of that idea.
If someone is trying to kill you and your family you do the best you can with the knowledge and resources you have to survive.
So many movies and TV shows celebrate this well known principle. Why is it that if someone is forced into that situation irl some take the opportunity to sneer at them.
Wild that Behind the Bastards just covered the bullshit the US and UK did on this island paradise
It's evil to keep innocent people in these conditions.