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I can't read in this language, but... Is this about the boat full of refugees that sunk?
Either way, I don't get why people are so against immigration. At this point, I feel the least I can do is allow anyone and everyone to move to my country just to get them out of whatever area is being ravaged by the climate crisis.
Yep, it's the boat that sunk in May. By now, investigations are finishing up and court cases starting - 9 suspected smugglers have been charged (they overloaded the ship, estimated 750 people on a small fishing vessel, of whom 104 survived)...
...but also, the response of the Greek border guard seems criminally incompetent. They knew of a severely overloaded boat for the whole day, from a Frontex plane, from their own helicopter... they directed two merchant vessels to offer assistance, but didn't start a rescue operation when it would have been feasible.
Later, when it was night already, they sent a patrol boat - not to rescue people, but tow the refugee boat, and apparently the refugee boat capsized while in tow. Only then did they start a rescue operation, but it was night and their night camera was out of order, so they probably blundered around with searchlights and could help some of the victims... of the smugglers' negligence and their own incompetence. Some survivors plainly say "they towed us too fast".
It's a tragedy that the EU lacks a reasonable mechanism of legal entry, the attraction is so great that people risk their lives, and some border guards have become like this...