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I just don’t see how we can keep a good conscious and turn away these people. Their countries aren’t poor because of pure luck of the draw, they are poor because European powers have exploited and extorted these countries. They remain poor because of neocolonialism. They are getting poorer because of climate change, caused in a large part because of the European industrial revolution.

Most migrants don’t leave because it’ll be a great adventure or on a whim, they leave because there is nothing left for them or they want a better life for their family. You don’t get in a boat unless the water is safer than land. Some of the comments in this thread are pretty heartless and dehumanising, would we not want the exact same for our families?

How can we discuss tougher borders being the solution, if the result is camps like these?