{"id":44831,"date":"2015-05-18T00:38:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T00:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=44831"},"modified":"2015-05-18T00:38:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T00:38:14","slug":"human-ping-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=44831","title":{"rendered":"Human ping-pong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> \u2013 reports from the twitter-stream &#8212; and this is only the game as played at sea ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An estimated 6,000 to 20,000 Rohingya migrants are at sea, fleeing ethnic persecution at home. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mcb2atItoM\">http:\/\/t.co\/mcb2atItoM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EgBMmTR5Pc\">pic.twitter.com\/EgBMmTR5Pc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Times World (@nytimesworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimesworld\/status\/599112462298931200\">May 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>In more detail:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Migrant crisis engulfs south-east Asia as countries play &#39;human ping-pong&#39; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KLOxVKdXoq\">http:\/\/t.co\/KLOxVKdXoq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Guardian (@guardian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardian\/status\/598850849650114562\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Rohingya migrants so desperate they are drinking their own urine <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rtc2d29DMx\">http:\/\/t.co\/rtc2d29DMx<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pakhead\">@pakhead<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PBWmLDbC97\">pic.twitter.com\/PBWmLDbC97<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCWorld\/status\/598848625259749376\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand..no one wants boats packed with 100&#39;s of migrants &amp; refugees washing up on their shores&#10;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1N75FYKIi8\">http:\/\/t.co\/1N75FYKIi8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IvanCNN\/status\/599084866840363009\">May 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just like boats full of Jewish refugees in the 1940s, the Rohingya refugees are met with callous indifference &amp; turned away to die.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elizrael\/status\/599397834400509953\">May 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&gt;1,800 died at sea fleeing across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mediterranean?src=hash\">#Mediterranean<\/a> in first 4 months of 2105: IOM. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OVWZvQPK1C\">http:\/\/t.co\/OVWZvQPK1C<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wEhXCHKnsl\">pic.twitter.com\/wEhXCHKnsl<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\">@KenRoth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raza Rumi (@Razarumi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Razarumi\/status\/597994452297392128\">May 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IslamicState?src=hash\">#IslamicState<\/a> militants smuggled into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Europe?src=hash\">#Europe<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mediterranean?src=hash\">#Mediterranean<\/a> gangs- hide IS militants on boats with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/migrants?src=hash\">#migrants<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pSxrCzve64\">https:\/\/t.co\/pSxrCzve64<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Morton (@Robert4787) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robert4787\/status\/600058734795161601\">May 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1,441 migrants rescued in 2 weeks. READ the full press release here: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bz2TmpoQ6H\">http:\/\/t.co\/bz2TmpoQ6H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MOAS?src=hash\">#MOAS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mediterranean?src=hash\">#Mediterranean<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xdMcIStfaT\">pic.twitter.com\/xdMcIStfaT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MOAS (@moas_eu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moas_eu\/status\/599518104956313601\">May 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We would rather die eaten by fish than by worms&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OR2AejqotA\">http:\/\/t.co\/OR2AejqotA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mediterranean?src=hash\">#Mediterranean<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NsThopieLI\">pic.twitter.com\/NsThopieLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiddleEastEye\/status\/596872411133419520\">May 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron \u2013 reports from the twitter-stream &#8212; and this is only the game as played at sea ] . An estimated 6,000 to 20,000 Rohingya migrants are at sea, fleeing ethnic persecution at home. http:\/\/t.co\/mcb2atItoM pic.twitter.com\/EgBMmTR5Pc &mdash; New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 15, 2015 ** In more detail: Migrant crisis engulfs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,101,526,334,861,393,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-asia","category-charles-cameron","category-europe","category-tragedy","category-twitter","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44831"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44836,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44831\/revisions\/44836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}