ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoMEPs urge EU to block ICE from entering Europe for Winter Olympicswww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down10 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareratel@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·3 months agoCan someone explain to me what the justification would be for them being there? Is it typical that countries send some of their own law enforcement to the Olympics?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·3 months agoIt’s customarily to provide your own security, but not to send gestapo.
minus-squareratel@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoThanks, I didn’t know that was a thing.
minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·3 months agoIt is, but the immigration control branch makes no sense anyways. It’s like, completely irrelevant to their stated purpose
minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoYeah, this. Is the United States Secret Service not fash enough?
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoIt’s like how the SA replaced some normal police forces in Nazi Germany before themselves got mostly shitcanned in 1934. The regime needs thugs with less institutional inertia.
Can someone explain to me what the justification would be for them being there? Is it typical that countries send some of their own law enforcement to the Olympics?
It’s customarily to provide your own security, but not to send gestapo.
Thanks, I didn’t know that was a thing.
It is, but the immigration control branch makes no sense anyways. It’s like, completely irrelevant to their stated purpose
Yeah, this.
Is the United States Secret Service not fash enough?
It’s like how the SA replaced some normal police forces in Nazi Germany before themselves got mostly shitcanned in 1934.
The regime needs thugs with less institutional inertia.