THIS POST WAS UPDATED.
Picturing morality without empathy is tough.
The Alma Median EU election compass shows that (85/234) MEP candidates of the Perussuomalaiset* and National Coalition Party as the most eager to allow migrants drown in the Mediterranean. Even a neutral, or no opinion answer, is problematic. Does it mean that you are quiet and look the other way when people drown?
EU election compass 13/20 question: “Is it the obligation of the EU to save all those migrants who attempt to come to Europe and who are at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean?”
Who are these MEP candidates, who don’t care if a person drowns in the Mediterranean?
Here is a story about a person who almost died when crossing the Mediterranean.
Children also drown in the Mediterranean. On the left is Alan Kurdi and on the right a little girl. During 2014-2019 there were a total of 18,328 people (2019 410, 2018 2,299, 2017 3,139, 2016 5,143, 2015 5,054, 2014 3,283) died who attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Here is the link.
Here is Migrant Tales’ shameful “let them drown” list of Finnish MEP candidates:
Perussuomalaiset
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
SIMO GRÖNROOS
TEUVO HAKKARAINEN
ILPO HELTOMOINEN
LAURA HUHTASAARI
ASSERI KINNUNEN
LAURA KORPINEN
OLLI KOTRO
MAURI PELTOKANGAS
MIKA RAATIKAINEN
MIRA NIEMINEN
SAMULI SIBAKOFF
SEBASTIAN TYNKKYNEN
TANJA VAHVELAINEN
MATTI VIREN
Disagree (let them drown)
ARTO LUUKKANEN
MINNA REIJONEN
PIRKKO RUOHONEN-LERNER
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
KARRI OLLILA
MINNA PARTANEN
National Coalition Party
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
PIIA KURKI
I disagree (let them drown)
HENNA VIRKKUNEN
LEENA ZITTLING
JYRKI KOIVIKKO
KIMMO SASI
SAMI YLI-RAHNASTO
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
EIJA-RIITA KORHOLA
JANIKA TAKATALO
MATILDA AF HÄLLSTRÖM
Center Party
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
None
Disagree (let them drown)
JANNE KAISANLAHTI
ANNINA RUOTTU
PETRA SCHULZE STEINEN
ANNA SIRKIÄ
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
MIIKKAEL AZAIZE
RAUL KAJAK
OLLI NYBERG
Christian Democrats
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
None
Disagree (let them drown)
MIKA EBELING
ESA ERÄVALO
KITTI KUMPULAINEN
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
SARI ESSAYAH
Social Democratic Party
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
None
Disagree (let them drown)
NIKO ESKELINEN
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
None
Swedish People’s Party
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
None
Disagree (let them drown)
FILIP HAMO-DROTZ
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
FILIP BJÖRKLÖF
MARTIN NORRGÅRD
MAX SCHULMAN
Left Alliance and Green League
Totally disagree (let them drown, it’s their problem)
None
Disagree (let them drown)
None
No opinion (I don’t have an opinion if people drown in the Mediterranean)
None
* The Perussuomalaiset (PS) party imploded on June 13, 2017, into two factions, the PS and New Alternative, which is now called Blue Reform. In the last parliamentary election, Blue Reform has wiped off the Finnish political map when they saw their numbers in parliament plummet from 18 MPs to none. A direct translation of Perussuomalaiset in English would be something like “basic” or “fundamental Finn.” Official translations of the Finnish name of the party, such as Finns Party or True Finns, promote in our opinion nativist nationalism and racism. We, therefore, at Migrant Tales prefer to use in our postings the Finnish name of the party once and after that the acronym PS.