cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/38154085

Healthcare services in refugee camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) were suspended on 27 January 2025, following an order from the new United States (US) President, Donald Trump.

    • @[email protected]
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      341 month ago

      Remember, any time you see people talking about “the economy”, just replace that with “rich people’s yacht money” and things will start making more sense.

  • SkaveRat
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    311 month ago

    well, can’t say he’s not following up on his election promises

      • @jaybone
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        141 month ago

        Eggs in my area have already gone up like $1/dozen in the last week.

          • Noxy
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            91 month ago

            I have been specifically thinking about getting a bunch of those printed and slapping them on egg price tags at grocery stores. Glad I’m not the only one.

            • BlackArtist
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              51 month ago

              Same and I saw musk Tesla logo with a swastica which I can’t find now, I’d love to get a bunch printed & start sticking them around town.

              • @jaybone
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                31 month ago

                You mean fonts?

  • Flying Squid
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    271 month ago

    They want a pandemic. All of the things they have done so far regarding public health can only be explained that way as far as I can tell.

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      Pandemics means market drops and supply chain interruptions, which destroys a bunch of value, which means the currently-wealthy can buy up the rest of the world at fire sale prices and price gouge for what’s left.

      Ten richest men in the world doubled their wealth to 1.5tn during covid. They want to repeat that. Millions dead is a minor side effect they don’t care about.

      • @SinningStromgald
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        51 month ago

        Wasn’t/Isn’t reducing world population a big deal for the rich as well? They want just the right amount of “people” to keep their luxurious lifestyles going.

    • Drusas
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      I was saying that just this morning myself. He told the CDC that they are not allowed to have any contact with the WHO at all even while we’re still officially a part of it for the next year.

      That can only be a desire for another pandemic.

  • Rhaedas
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    Why does my gut feeling tell me this is breaking some international laws? Not that anything will be done, just saying this reeks of illegal.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      “International Law” is much different thing from normal law. There is no real enforcement mechanism, so it’s very much a case of “might makes right”. In this particular case, it sounds like Trump pulled funding, which is not the same as shutting it down, even if the effect on the refugees is the same.

  • @febra
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    So it’s concentration camps. They’ll soon make them work themselves to death.

    • @MothmanDelorian
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      111 month ago

      No, these camps are outside the USA. The concentration camps are domestic.

    • @Deway
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      51 month ago

      I’ve seen somewhere that work makes you free so making the refugees work would be a good thing!

      I can’t remember where I saw that though…

  • @Redditsux
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    161 month ago

    Now I see what MAGA stands for. Make America (a) Great Asshole.

  • @xc2215x
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    101 month ago

    A very Donald Trump thing to do.

    • @theparadox
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      Literally the third paragraph, and they are short paragraphs.

      The IRC gets about half of its funding from the US government and part of its work is to help resettle refugees in the US.

      If you keep reading…

      As a result of the IRC’s suspension of healthcare, hospitals in the refugee camps have had to discharge all their patients except for emergency cases and stop seeing outpatients, according to healthcare officials working in the camps.