In this 3 minute video, the inimitable Hans Rosling explains Why Boat Refugees Don't Fly. Why would people choose a dangerous boat packed beyond capacity to a clean commercial flight? It's not for lack of money.
EU Directive 2001/51/EC: drowning refugees since 2001.
What action can we take on this matter? I look forward to your comments.
Hans Rosling, is a Professor of Global Health, Edutainer & co-founder of Gapminder Foundation.
Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
We are a modern âmuseumâ that helps making the world understandable, using the Internet.
Or, as they say in their
@Gapminder twitter profile: "Fighting devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand."