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Under new rules, the EU border agency will be allowed to transfer migrants between third countries, expanding its operations beyond Europe and facilitating deportations from return hubs.

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[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not when the far-left position is rejected by vast majority of people. About 90% of Spaniards disapproved with how the government handled the crisis in Ceuta. The far-left Sumar party was from the beginning against deportations but even left-wing PSEO could see that this positions is impossible to defend and ended up expelling all the migrants.

Some of the left-wing policies go so far left that most people reject them and the only way to weaken far right is to take a step back. Interesting read.

[-] Bademantel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I don't think a crisis at the border justifies further fortifying Fortress Europe. And just because people are unhappy with how a crisis is handled doesn't mean they reject a more humane migration policy.

As for the article, of course Islamist homophobia is a problem. But voting AfD over it seems pretty short-sighted to me. The AfD is happy to use gay rights as a tool against migrants but that doesn't mean they actually care about protecting queer people. There's a very real possibility that once migrants are no longer the main target, queer people will be back in the firing line.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm not arguing for or against any of those positions here. I'm showing how some of the left-wing positions are so unpopular that yes, adapting more centrist (close to the right) position is actually beneficial for the left. Basically, most of the time left-wing politicians are trying to adopt right wing positions hoping that they will steal some votes from the right (which never works) but sometimes, common sense policy is actually closer to the center because the far-left lost touch with reality on some issues.

Spanish government tends to run to the left to mobilize voters (exception in Europe). They granted amnesty to all the migrants in Spain very recently which puts them to the left of pretty much all the other countries in Europe but even they will not go as far left as Sumar would like because they know it's not what vast majority of voters (both on the right and left) want. EU sees the same thing.

P.S. As another example, the far-left would say that saying "Islamist homophobia is a problem" is racist and Islamophobic so even you adapted more centrist position here.

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