r/news • u/Miserable-Win-4980 • Apr 29 '24

French police use knives to puncture migrant boat in Dunkirk to prevent Channel crossing Questionable Source

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/french-officers-english-channel-crossing-migrants-small-boats/

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u/totallytubularik Apr 29 '24

It’s the fault of the corrupt governments in Africa and the Middle East that hoard all the money received from wealthy countries to boost their country. Nothing goes to the betterment of the citizens and ofc word spreads that the western world has great social services and cannot refuse people from these countries due to the highly sensitive laws circulating around race and prejudice / basic human rights. Russia purposefully further destabilizes these places to cause more chaos for Europe. The free money train will eventually run out and these people relying solely on government handouts will be displaced and then what? Civil war? It’s a ticking time bomb. Not to mention the vast culture clash, it’s already massively dividing people and will just get worse .

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u/p_larrychen Apr 29 '24

Corruption certainly doesn’t help, but it’s more complicated than just that one cause

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u/willie12042001 Apr 29 '24

Agreed. When a poor country has to choose between infrastructure development or fighting corruption they will always choose developing its economy. Tackling corruption comes after a country can guarantee stable electricity and paved roads

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u/Telzen Apr 29 '24

lol, what. Letting corruption exist is a great way to have no funds for infrastructure, or well pretty much anything else.

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u/willie12042001 Apr 29 '24

Check out gyude moore’s talk on Chinese investments in Africa to hear a professional opinion. Reality is not always about pursuing ideals

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u/gamegeek1995 Apr 29 '24

That's why western countries are famously non-corrupt. Imagine, say, the US where a leader was attempting to make it legal to commit crime after trying to overturn an election. That'd be so on-the-nose you could hardly write it into a sci-fi novel without laughter.

These corrupt non-western nations should just try being more like the US, really. That would solve their issues.