This morning in I can't even: up to 950 migrants are feared dead after the fishing boat they were sailing on capsized in the Mediterranean.
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Replying to @aurabogado
The boat was sailing from Libya and included people from the Indian subcontinent and Africa. All headed to Europe.
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Think about that: people from Bangladesh travel all the way to Libya in order to try to smuggle in to Italy. That's global migration.
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Replying to @aurabogado
I've talked to people from the Indian subcontinent who travel to South America and then go Mexico in order to cross in to the US.
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Replying to @aurabogado
It's a global pattern: people from the southern hemisphere migrate to places in the northern hemisphere.
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This is the same northern hemisphere that has plundered the southern hemisphere for centuries through colonialism.
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I can make it abstract and look at patterns... But I can't wrap my head around 950 migrants from drowning trying to make it to Europe.
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Replying to @aurabogado
The migrants got scared when they saw a Portuguese ship; all ran to one side. That's when it tipped, drowning most of the passengers.
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How long have we been scared of European ships? The Pinta. The Niña. The Santa María. The Winthrop Fleet. The Amistad. The Kron-Printzen.
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Replying to @aurabogado
I'm going to try to get back to work. But today feels heavy. 950 people. Nine hundred and fifty.
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