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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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[-] electric@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Based as fuck. Shame about the Nazis though, those poor kids didn't deserve to have their school burnt down for existing.

[-] simplymath@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://dm-aegean.bordermonitoring.eu/2020/05/14/lesvos-2020-timeline-violence-oppression-resistance/

well, the German Neo Nazi who came to town maaaaaay have gotten assaulted by somebody using a big ass bicycle lot and escorted off the island.

https://www.stonisi.gr/post/7411/eftasan-kai-oi-germanoi-neonazi-pics

yes, yes violence is bad, but literal Nazis are worse.

[-] electric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nice. More of them to get a taste of their own medicine. The time line is awful, I didn't know Greece had so much violence against immigrants. Second link was broken though.

[-] simplymath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

must be your client. the link works fine for me. If you see the timeline, locals mostly weren't involved and lots of local anti fascists organized and fought back. This island was nominated for the Nobel prize when the crisis started, but there's only so much people can take when the refugees kept coming, the island couldn't support thousands of extra people, and refugees were forced to cut down centuries old olive trees for cooking fuel. Greece is not a wealthy country and they felt betrayed by places like Sweden and Germany that have robust economies and a much smaller proportion of the refugee crisis.

Something had to give. Moria camp is essentially an open air prison without running water or showers. Most people who arrive are children, or were before they walked to Turkey from the Congo or Afghanistan or whatever and boarded boats for a chance at a better life.

I heard stories from teenagers who had escaped slavery or been forced to work in fast fashion factories in Turkey without pay or had their passports stolen in Iran or picked up by a militia in the Syrian civil war and handed a weapon. And the EU just leaves them there. They get like €200 a month, if and when their legal case ever concludes, but that's not enough to actually live and they're not allowed to work. Not like Greece has extra work anyway.

Maybe the countries that make a fortune by selling arms to conflict zones (France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Italy) should step up and take care of the crises they manufactured for profit. But nah, they just elect far right parties because brown people are scary.

[-] electric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh that's nice it wasn't a hugely shared sentiment. I skimmed a lot since I was trying to find the specific incident and all the details like deaths of babies and lynchings made it seem like the people of the island were for it since, like you mentioned, practically an open air prison. Unfair the island was burdened with so many but the conditions of the camp are awful.

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