Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge

Re:Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge by bluthru on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:30PM (#15022145)

>People leaving Africa right now are being forced out by war and violence, most of them aren't choosing to leave.

That was probably true in the past, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore:

"The UN has said that seven in 10 people crossing the Mediterranean from Libya are economic migrants and the rest are 'people in need of protection' like refugees and asylum-seekers."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4661866/amp/UN-says-...

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/12FDB/production...

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Re:Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge by bluthru on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @08:55PM (#15032766)

Downvoted for citing UN data. Unbelievable.

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Re:Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge by nostromo123 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @09:48AM (#15036713)

I absolutely agree with you -- the great proportion of migrants are coming for economic reasons.

It seems that clear-cut numbers that do not fit the "women & children escaping war-torn Syria" narrative have a tendency to get down-voted...

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