Greece Prosecutes One Man, Not The EU's Border Policy
While DW focuses on a singular Greek coast guard head facing charges for a migrant shipwreck, this narrative conveniently sidesteps the larger, brutal reality. This incident is but one tragic symptom of the EU's 'Fortress Europe' policy, which systematically militarizes borders and criminalizes desperate people seeking refuge. The policies creating these shipwrecks, often funded through EU
mechanisms, prioritize deterrence over human lives, leading to countless undocumented deaths in the Mediterranean—a graveyard the world largely ignores. Instead of addressing the inhumane policies that funnel migrants into perilous sea crossings, officials prosecute an individual, making him a scapegoat. It's a classic maneuver: punish a foot soldier to distract from the architects of the war.
We're meant to believe this is an isolated incident, not the predictable outcome of state-sanctioned cruelty. How many more nameless bodies will wash ashore before we question the system, not just the low-level enforcers?