10/01/2024
2 confirmed dead and 2 missing.
32 survivors from the first catastrophe of 2024.
Last night, in freezing conditions and a gale force 9 , a boat load of people were pushed out from the coast of Turkey, heading for Lesvos.
Once again we greive, we greive for those that are lost and for those that have to find a way to survive without them.
But overwhelmingly, we feel anger.
Anger at the traficers who put profit above life.
Anger at a system of pushbacks that cause people to take unnecessary risks.
Anger at a system that offers no other way to safety except to risk your life on a small boat in a horrific stom.
Anger that some lives do not matter.
In the end, anger is what is left.
Anger because someone has to be responsible for the constant deaths at our borders.
The loss of lives, the loss of hope, the loss of safety.
For those crossing, it is often better to gamble your life in a small boat than to face certain death if you stay where you are!
Where is the justice? where are equal rights for all?
Some lives are just more valuable than others.
(Archive photo)
