Iraqi refugee's 7-year old daughter who died in the Channel was born in Belgium and lived in Sweden, but has never been in Iraq

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68930088

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Belgium reportedly denied Ahmed Alhashimi asylum by arguing that Basra, his hometown in Iraq, was classified as a safe area. He said his children spent the last seven years staying with a relative in Sweden, but that he was recently informed that they would be deported, with him, to Iraq.

“If I knew there was a 1% chance that I could keep the kids in Belgium or France or Sweden or Finland I would keep them there. All I wanted was for my kids to go to school. I didn’t want any assistance. My wife and I can work. I just wanted to protect them and their childhoods and their dignity,” he continued.

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0x815@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
As the 7-year old’s father is a construction worker according to the article, this is on topic:

Construction Skills Shortage Threatens Infrastructure Projects

A dire shortage of construction skills and persistent planning delays pose significant threats to infrastructure projects, despite heightened interest from pension funds to invest in the sector.

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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s heartbreaking.

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HotBeef@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The BBC news at 10pm on this was hard to watch. Boats across the channel full of Sudanese men standing on each other are no place for little girls.

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blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I couldn’t imagine losing any of my kids, absolutely devastating.

But something I’d never do is put my kids in such danger, he had the choice not to put his family on a raft to cross the channel.

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- Chouxfleur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I mean, It was that or being deported to Afghanistan - he obviously thought a boat journey was better than taking his daughter to “safe” Basra.
  
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FatLegTed@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sorry, but why is this a British problem?

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- theo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  A lack of safe routes to claim asylum is a failure of the British system.
  
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- apis@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The article does not suggest that it is.
  
  The guy is appealing to the sympathy of the British government, but also does not suggest it is a British problem, and likely knows he won’t even get a response - he just has nothing to lose by asking.
  
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  - Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    The guy is appealing to the sympathy of the British government
    
    Well he’s not done his research there, has he?
    
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