ABC News Finds Drowned Migrants While Greece Gets EU Cash
Four people, including a child, died when their migrant boat sank near a Greek island, ABC News dutifully reports. This tragedy is framed as an isolated incident, an unfortunate consequence of desperate journeys. The article, however, manages to omit the context of billions in European Union funding directed to Greece for 'border management,' money that—one might observe—more successfully
entrenches state borders than it saves human lives. While bodies wash ashore, the EU's Frontex agency, often criticized by human rights watchdogs like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International (documented in their 2023 reports), continues its operations, effectively pushing migrants back. It appears easier, and far cheaper politically, to fund patrol boats and barbed wire than to address the
humanitarian crises driving people to these suicidal voyages in the first place.