That's not really comparable. When any citizen of a country gets lost either at sea or on land, large probably also multi million dollar searches are performed.

The difference is more to do with whether they're immigrants or natives.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Small correction, it has to do with whether they're citizens or not.

But being a billionaire also helps.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Non-citizen lives don't matter? Do you ever check someone's passport before saving them from drowning? Ridiculous.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Obviously not, but as a government body that's what the criteria is

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This isn't true. This is only a recent politicized phenomena. It never used to happen where people would excuse letting migrants drown. And I highly doubt any government rescue team checks your passport before dumping you back in the water. This only happens because of how highly politicized this issue is.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

You're right actually, I can't find a source that says governments have a duty to protect their citizens, so by extension, there's no argument to only use your forces to protect citizens and not non-citizens

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