“That’s something that happens. The migrants travelling the Aegean Sea, very often they abandon the children. They don’t seem to have the same… affection we have for children.”
They’re making a joke on the word high, there’s really not much else to read into it. It’s a joke. Wave their flags high can mean holding them high up or waving their flags while under the influence.
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
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lighter rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
President Joe Biden calls on LGBTQ+ community ‘to wave their flags of pride high’ this June (www.advocate.com)