Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140020987

I do believe it does give us a better opportunity to get the right agreement from Iran that would prevent it from becoming a nuclear weapons power. which is a game changer for the security in that region. I wish to mention just one other example. There was an enormous human tragedy when another boat carrying desperate refugees and migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. In the most recent instance over 850 men. women. and children have died. Now these are very desperate situations when you take these dangerous voyages. The number of people who have died in the Mediterraneanin 2014 we know that well over 218.000 refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea. many fleeing violence. conflicts. and persecution in Syria. Iraq. and Eritrea. We also know that Yemen is involved here. Last years death total surpassed 1.750 victims. I mention that because what Iran is doing in this region is adding to the migration and refugee issues. Its support of terrorism. its involvement in Yemen. its involvement in Syria. and its involvement in other countries are causing people to take desperate action in order to stay safe. So we are here today to do something about that.
Keywords matched
refugees migrants refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
BENJAMIN CARDIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MD
Gender
M
Date
2015-04-23
Speech ID
1140020987
Paragraph
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