It seems that the British government views migrant deaths as a useful deterrant, but criminal activity remains unaffected by the decision to let desperate migrants drown.
A shipwrecked migrant and child on arrival in Greece. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty In 2012, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. “As a community of nations that has overcome war and fought totalitarianism,” said the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, in his acceptance lecture, “we will always stand by those who are in pursuit of peace and human dignity.”
Even as Barroso spoke those words, tens of thousands of refugees fleeing turmoil …read more
Source: New Statesman
