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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Sep 3

    Migrant crisis: Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever - UNHCR https://bbc.in/2PYS8xX pic.twitter.com/RkCR39cwwe

    5:28 AM - 3 Sep 2018
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      1. Back to the future‏ @reageren1 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Tell "them" not to step on a boat, and risk their lives. Don't tell us! We have nothing to do with it. We are definitely NOT responsible. On the contrairy; We don't WANT them to step on any boat! Africans belong in Africa!

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      2. Upano Godfrey‏ @UpanoGodfrey3 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Why is it only from Africa to Europe????, can African leaders find a lasting solutions to the crisis.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Upano Godfrey‏ @UpanoGodfrey3 Sep 3
        Replying to @UpanoGodfrey3 @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Africa is very rich in minerals and other resources,can it be used to solve such problems, why should the people continue dying every day in search for better life in Europe when Africa has almost all it takes to be like Europe apart from technology, we can do better!

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      2. Sunshine‏ @KiranFiza Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Its your fault BBC. you are showing them this way. Most of them think that Europe is paradise. They will become rich as soon as they would land. You might have heard this phrase from refugees "It is not as we expected. I thought even I think about something, I will get it"

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      1. J.P. Luisi‏ @JPLuisi1 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        The photo says it all. These are not families of refugees trying to escape war. They are young men trying to get to Europe for economic reasons. Europe has no obligation to take in any of them. They have put themselves in danger. Europeans should feel no guilt for their plight.

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      1. England Forevermore  ❌ ➕‏ @TOMMORBRITISH1 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Dont forget the 400 Prisoners that just broke out of Jail, Today, More than likely to be heading Europe. who knows the crimes they did. BBC News - Hundreds escape Libya prison amid deadly clashes in Tripolihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45392172 …

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      1. Don't Burn This Flag‏ @LoveofOldGlory Sep 3
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        Turn that boat around.

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      1. Rahim Freeman‏ @FreemanRahim Sep 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        When the Africans leaders will stop all this. People are dieing in the Mediterranean sea like fishes and they're not doing any proper solution to that problem. If the European are tiered of this immigrants issue. They have to set Africa free in self dependants that's the only way

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      1. @kalus41835666‏ @kalus418356661 Sep 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Can anybody tell this people that the streets of Europe is not plated with gold. Indeed, they need to be told that it is in China that money is in abundance and no longer in Europe. But then leaders in Africa have got to emulate China and make money grow in Africa.

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      1. alfredo v.  🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🐘 🦏 🦓 🦁 🐒 🦍 🐅 🐆 🦒‏ @aretuseo77 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Stay home

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      1. 1776_nation‏ @1776_nation Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Secret to successful invasion. Send unarmed soldiers. Europe should be sinkinging those rafts.

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      1. john w. king‏ @jwkfayette Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        you reap what you sow !

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      1. Abubakkar‏ @Abubakkarfit004 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

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      1. Kelley Spielberg‏ @racephenom Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nice 🚣‍♀️

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      1.  ❌Deplorable USMC Vet ❌‏ @Scottke59 Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        .whos supplying the boats?

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      1. Rico Suave‏ @Ricosuave_4u Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        No one wants them. All they do is ruin countries and culture.

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      1. NDIMUGIPFUNSI JEAN‏ @JeanNdimu Sep 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You have the right to say what you think, "Africans belong to Africa." Butu you would rather think the same when you loot African belongings, when you conspire wars to get markets for the guns and other weapons you made. You devided the world yourselves and named us Africans.

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