Kindness is not strictly speaking <i>always</i> supposed to be legal -- it can be considered kind to aid someone in escaping from prison but it's not legal and I think most would agree that it's wrong/immoral/unethical.<p>Her defence against the legal trouble is that she did not know about the legal requirement; this is not a valid defence in the eyes of the law and have time upon time be struck down in Danish courts.
Amazing and well written piece that gives a unique perspective on the situation: someone actually trying to help purely out of basic human decency and others based on a vitriolic political agendas stepping all over those actions.<p>History really does rythme.
The only solution to the immigration/refugee issue is to help people near to where they came from. I consider it unquestionable that Europe cannot absorb all the people that want/need to come here.<p>So pour as much money as necessary into establishing proper facilities in the nearby countries. Greece could do with the capital injection, and if not I bet other countries would gladly bid for the opportunity of an industry on this scale. That would be equally Samaritan and actually have a chance of being efficient, for many reasons.<p>- More cost-effective<p>- Save the refugees a grueling trip and eliminate black market people traffickers<p>- A facility in a neighboring country actually stands a chance of determining the status of each refugee, as they will more easily be able to research local conditions<p>- People who aren't actually refugees will have to first make it to the actual crisis zone, making it more difficult to fake refugee status<p>- Refugees will be able to more easily return to their homes when/if the security situation is resolved<p>In my opinion, this system could easily be enforced by adopting a policy where each refugee must register at a entry point near each crisis area. Here they will be fingerprinted and have their case registered in the system.<p>Now, anyone that turns up anywhere inside Europe is summarily sent back to any of the entry points to start the process properly. As soon as this gets known among refugees (which will be within days), no more people will trek a thousand kilometers or pay criminals to transport them, since they will be sent back anyway.
Very interesting read.<p>For people who know the history and believe in human stupidity to repeat its mistakes, there is much to reflect. There are people who think that, whatever happens, they will be on the safe side, but you never know how things might evolve and one day you might be on the "unsafe" side.
The author was showing a little kindness to people who are fleeing a war.<p>Not everyone thinks the same way, so I can imagine indifference here and there. If you're on an online website, rather than confronted right then-and-there with another human being in need, I can imagine you take a somewhat abstract view.<p>What surprised me in the story was the outright hatred and aggression some people have towards "the other".