Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140073112

What is happening to these people is unimaginable. A few months ago I joined several of my colleagues and we went to an island in Greece called Lesbos. This is the stopping point for the refugees. Once the Syrian refugees have gone through Turkey. they cross a span of 8 to 10 miles of the Aegean Sea in plastic rafts. They put more passengers in those rafts than should be in there because the smugglers are getting paid 1.000 to 2.000 euros. or about $2.000plus. for each of the refugees they can cram into these boats. They push them off from the shore in Turkey and point them toward the island of Lesbos. There are babies in those boats.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2016-01-20
Speech ID
1140073112
Paragraph
#3
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