Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey, West Discovers 'Refugees' Are Still a Thing
One person is dead and seven are missing after a migrant boat sank off Turkey, dutifully reported by The New Arab. The story mentions 'dozens of people' but remains silent on the conditions, often exacerbated by Western interventionism and proxy wars, that compel these desperate journeys. When the US and its allies destabilize regions—think Libya after NATO intervention in 2011, or the ongoing
fallout from conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan—the human cost inevitably arrives on Europe's shores, often via these perilous sea routes. Instead of addressing the root causes of displacement, which frequently trace back to geopolitical maneuvers, Western media and politicians prefer to lament the 'migrant crisis.' Conveniently forgotten are the arms deals, the sanctions regimes, and the backing
of authoritarian leaders that often create these very refugee flows. It's much easier to count the dead than to acknowledge accountability for the policies that manufacture them. (Perhaps a certain senator who voted for every intervention since 2001 could explain the sudden surge?) It's almost as if some lives are only tragic when they appear on distant shores, not when they're collateral damage
in 'nation-building' projects.