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I thought America was racist until I saw a member of UK Parliament tweeting about a boat of migrants sinking with "Good riddance".
There is still a lot of racism in America. I would not be surprised if I saw that from an American politician.
I definitely don't agree with the sentiment and sinking of boats, but they basically are people coming from another first world country for economic reasons. The type of people willing to cheat the system and pay people smugglers tend to overlap closely with bad people. It's not just simply coming from a place of "racism". I'm more pissed though that people are putting their kids on these dangerous boats and killing them, or overexaggerating the legality and safety of said boats.
A safe and legal option into the UK is the best solution imo
Nobody wants to leave their country without good reason.
And people who come with little boats are not from first world countries. They have much better options. Including legal ones.
Also, "economic reasons" hides a whole fucking lot of pain. Not being able to grow enough food to feed yourself because of years of climate changed-caused drought is an "economic reason" to emigrate.