"Look at those refugees! Businesses are hiring them because they are cheap, they are cheap because they don't have labor protections, ergo labor protections hurt your ability to get hired, my working class friend!" 👀
That's the narrative.
The problem isn't refugees "stealing jobs", the problem is capitalists being able to skirt labor protections.
The solution is not to block refugees from coming, it's to afford them the same labor protections, and access to welfare and healthcare!
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People washing up on Italian and Spanish beaches and dying in cold, dark Białowieża forests in Poland are not members of some barbaric horde trying to take down "Western civilization", steal your job, or hog the welfare system.
They are fellow human beings, with hopes and dreams, making the desperate decision to flee their homes, risk their lives, travel thousands of kilometers in hope of finding a chance to *survive*.
https://oko.press/people-are-already-dying-and-freezing-temperatures-are-coming
They are visible victims of a class war.
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People washing up on Italian and Spanish beaches and dying in cold, dark Białowieża forests in Poland are not members of some barbaric horde trying to take down "Western civilization", steal your job, or hog the welfare system.
They are fellow human beings, with hopes and dreams, making the desperate decision to flee their homes, risk their lives, travel thousands of kilometers in hope of finding a chance to *survive*.
https://oko.press/people-are-already-dying-and-freezing-temperatures-are-coming