"So the billionaires’ families are gonna get billed for all of this like the time my family got billed for my ambulance ride, right? Right?"

https://lemmy.world/post/444725

"So the billionaires’ families are gonna get billed for all of this like the time my family got billed for my ambulance ride, right? Right?" - Lemmy.world

What really makes me angry is that media is full of some millionaires drowning in a rattle can steered with a 30$ Logitech controller while there are 100s of people drowning in the Mediterranean Sea every week because they are illegally pushed back by authorities and media is silent about it...
They are illegaly coming too. Also media is silent about this? It is the only thing they talk about.
They are forced out of their countries. I get your opinion if it is about young people just looking for work. This is also happening. But there are mothers and babies and kids among those people. They don't go onto a rubber boat for fun. I bet you wouldn't care about laws if the live of your family is in danger. And even if it is illegal, can you explain how it is ok to push them back into the water and let them drown? Mothers and their kids?

They are forced out of their countries.

What prevents them from seeking safety in the first safe country? Egypt etc, there are no civil wars there

If this is like it is in the US, which I suspect it is, they often don't know it is illegal. They paid everything they had to a group that promised them legal status and a safe journey. It's gangs running these operations.
And by helping them we only help these pirates.
Not likely. The pirates probably aren't on the boat, only expendable mules. Once the victims are on the boat they have their cash.
They can't kill people if they don't have customers.