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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
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If Sunak had merely pointed out that the flow of of illegal migrants and the flow of asylum seeker was likely to increase, mostly because of the direct and indirect political effects of climate change, that would be one thing. Something has to be done to help stabilise countries badly affected by climate change and to help people mitigate the effects in their own countries. This is essential or billions will be on the move. We in Europe won't be able to cope with that!
However, Sunak goes a step further into mindless conspiracy theory. He is trying to convince us that hostile states are deliberately driving refugees towards us in an attempt to overwhelm our cultures and democracies. In spouting that dangerous garbage he is clearly trying to create a rightwing axis of agreement and action across Europe and at the same time outflank the Reform Party, Farage et al, who spout similar bile. He spends too much time with Islamophobic nutjobs like Georgia Meloni, Le Penn and his role model Modi. He sees electoral salvation in promoting an anti-immigrant narrative and Islamophobia, carefully without mentioning the words Islam or Muslim.
He should advocate ways of helping folk stay in their own countries, stop attacking the victims, speed up the processing of those already here, create safe, legal routes so we can take our fair share of refugees in a controlled way (This would outflank the people traffickers.) and concentrate with other European countries on crushing the traffickers. Will he do that? No! There's more Tory votes in attacking and demonising victims, and in creating a narrative that appeals to racists, xenophobes and Islamophobes. He even thinks he can secure the red wall with that kind of trash, but I have a feeling that the British people have more brains and compassion than that and that British values will prevail.