Western Media Discovers 'Migrants' Only Exist in Small Boats, Not Bombed Countries
Mainstream outlets, like the Financial Times, are sounding the alarm: 'Small boat migrant arrivals jump by 13% to 41,000 in 2025.' One might almost believe these individuals sprout from the ocean foam, fully formed, rather than being driven from homes decimated by conflicts, many fueled by Western arms sales and geopolitical maneuvering. (Perhaps they missed the years of reporting on destabilized
regions, proxy wars, and climate catastrophe that make those boats a 'choice' of desperation.) Instead of addressing the root causes—the very real consequences of the 'rules-based order' that often involves bombs and economic sanctions—the narrative shifts to regulating the symptoms. It’s a remarkable feat of narrative control to focus on the 'problem' of arrival numbers, yet entirely gloss over
the 'problem' of why millions are forced to leave in the first place. One might wonder if the concern is truly humanitarian, or if these 'jumps' are merely inconvenient statistics disrupting comfortable Western sensibilities.