Italy rescues 4,200 boat people in Mediterranean on Friday

[Fourier]

[QUOTE=chedobson;47859822][url]http://www.straight.com/news/461796/gwynne-dyer-eu-navies-uphold-traditions-sea-refuse-abandon-refugees[/url]

EU is in a dilemma, most members voters don't want more immigration, but then if you want to achieve that you have to be prepared to watch people drown in this case.

Not an easy or straightforward situation for anyone involved.[/QUOTE]

Why not inform every country immigrants come from that EU borders are closed and they risk die-ing on boat?

You can't make everyone happy, and you know that.

[chedobson]

[QUOTE=Fourier;47859968]Why not inform every country immigrants come from that EU borders are closed and they risk die-ing on boat?

You can't make everyone happy, and you know that.[/QUOTE]

Because as he mentions in the article, if you have travelled from a war torn, impoverished county in central Africa, or the middle east you will probably rather take your chances on the boat than think better of it and go home. This is the last resort for many people.

That's not bleeding heart sympathy, desperate people do desperate, dangerous things.

There is no way to make everyone happy, which is why it's such an ugly situation, there isn't a right answer as such.