"If we really want to stop refugees we need to stop creating them"

We (socialists) don't want to "stop refugees" though 🙃

And not all refugees are the result of Western intervention. The top refugee-producing country is Syria. Ask any Syrian refugee whose bombs they fled. https://twitter.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/1296457652021731329
I get what the video is trying to do but I just don't think this is the way to talk about refugees or how draw a line between foreign policy and migration. Its Western-centric. Its also reinforcing the narrative that refugees are a problem or a burden.
Sure there are instances where this video's argument is true - Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Yemen being obvious cases.

Just wish the Left would frame support for refugees in terms of solidarity and migrant justice - not this faux attempt at anti-imperialism.
https://twitter.com/SyriaUK/status/1296568029627768837?s=19
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