Helen Graham

@InternetEh@dads.cool @ElleGray@mstdn.social Here there was an outcry because the lifeboat men rescued some,there were calls to stop funding /donating to them etc. WE have usually created the problems thats forced from their homes and its not a though we dont have space or jobs ,we need them ,we a lot of skilled jobs unfilled because of Brexit ,even if they are unqualified,theres farm work with bed and board.Crops rot in fields every harvest because we dont have enough workers.So the financial arguments are rubbish

@InternetEh@dads.cool @ElleGray@mstdn.social I agree however the main argument used by racists and those opposed to allowing refugees in automatically is that they "cost money and are going to rely on the state and take UK jobs ,so I was answering that argument. Its something goverment like to gloss over to justify measures that will win them votes by those prejudiced against refugees .If you start from the assumption that we need them ,the need for refugees to establish a reason to be allowed to stay is gone

@jetton@mastodon.online Hi ,thank you for the post :)

@ElleGray@mstdn.social very true and we could get international co ordination to do so.But to be fair I think part of this was experimental ,trying out technology and gadgets tyhat hadnt had a chance to be used except in test situations , to see what was possible if a sub was lost so deep , as I doubt many people involved in the search thought there was any real chance of them being rescued.Plus this played out over days when they might have still been alive.I think people were hoping for a miracle