Scott Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 China may be easing some of its severe anti-Covid restrictions but its draconian pandemic policies have driven many citizens to seek a better future elsewhere - whatever the risks in getting there. Three days into their trek through a Central American rainforest, some 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometres) away from home, the Sun family threw away their camping gear to lighten the load, thinking they would be out by nightfall. Instead, they were stranded in the jungle by heavy rain. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64008633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 OK, I didn't read the entire article because migrants trying to survive the killer Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama is very old news. Did the article say why they just didn't fly into Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozimoron Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Jingthing said: OK, I didn't read the entire article because migrants trying to survive the killer Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama is very old news. Did the article say why they just didn't fly into Mexico? They probably had dementia. It's often a product of long covid. https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20221128/is-it-long-covid-or-dementia-or-both 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 One wonders how they were able to stay in the US as the BBC story points out that they are economic refugees that just disliked living in China because of politics. No stories of persecution, arrest or torture for being the wrong ethnicity etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted December 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, Jingthing said: OK, I didn't read the entire article because migrants trying to survive the killer Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama is very old news. Did the article say why they just didn't fly into Mexico? From the BBC article: The recent popularity of zouxian attests to the mounting desperation for some migrants to leave China, said Alexis Zhou, a freelance researcher who writes about Chinese migration in North America. Since the pandemic, it's been very difficult for an average Chinese person to obtain a visa from Mexico or Central American countries, she said. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyngai Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Massive unemployment due to covid lockdown and no western style government benefit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Open borders in the US. Gee, how did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Here’s a conundrum. How does a rightwinger who has argued against lockdowns and that they were an imposition upon basic human rights now respond to people fleeing lockdowns committing that other rightwing trigger issue, sneaking across the border. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said: Here’s a conundrum. How does a rightwinger who has argued against lockdowns and that they were an imposition upon basic human rights now respond to people fleeing lockdowns committing that other rightwing trigger issue, sneaking across the border. Surely any right-winger would support them being given refugee status for such a horrible imposition on their freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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