Migrant Deaths Down! (As Europe Perfects Its Drowning Machine)
Mainstream outlets celebrate a supposed victory: 'More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain, but the figure is sharply down,' says The Guardian . This cheerleading omits the crucial context campaigners immediately provided: the 'drop' is a direct result of 'tighter border controls' forcing desperate people onto 'increasingly dangerous routes.' It's not fewer deaths, it's Europe
perfecting its strategy of outsourcing maritime security to the Mediterranean, turning it into a vast, unpoliced abyss. The 'success' here is simply making the humanitarian crisis less visible, not less deadly. So, we applaud the efficacy of border regimes that redistribute death to less observable corners of the ocean? It appears the only 'sharp fall' leadership cares about is the political
inconvenience of bodies washing ashore directly. Perhaps the European Union will soon introduce a 'Don't Look Up' policy for its coastal patrols, ensuring public complacency as the body count from their 'border management' continues to climb offshore.