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Tiny village votes for 'independence' from UK amid asylum seeker row

22 points · 41 comments · Danhale93

rapsey · 1789563152 · focus · HN ↗
Much like the residents of Martha's Vinyard, I am sure all have been very progressive, until it was time to have migrants in their back yards.
1. mcphage · 1789569264 · focus · HN ↗
  > until it was time to have migrants in their back yards
  How did the migrants get to Martha's Vineyard?
  1. rapsey · 1789571479 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/16/migrants-marthas-vineyard-cape-cod-00057247" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/16/migrants-marthas-vi...
    They were of course removed from the community swiftly.
    happytoexplain · 1789584062 · focus · HN ↗
    You're implying they should have been kept there? I'm not following. It looks like they were maliciously sent there without an agreement, and still were treated humanely and forwarded somewhere that agreed to take them...? You're criticizing this?
    rapsey · 1789621487 · focus · HN ↗
    And the border communities loved having them there and invited them? Everything I said was factual. The voters of those northern communities love supporting policies as long as they happen someplace else. A thing called luxury beliefs.

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