"If you export bombs, expect to import refugees"

“If you export bombs, don’t complain about importing refugees” is a saying that has been printed on many images.

“If you export bombs don’t expect flowers in return” was posted on X/Twitter by Ifhat Smith on June 3, 2016. “If you Export bombs, expect to import refugees” was posted on X/Twitter by 𝕬𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖆𝖟𝖟𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 on October 24, 2016. “‘If you export bombs, you have to expect to import people’ - Anon” was posted on X/Twitter by 🎈grimwomyn on March 30, 2017. “If you export bombs and terror, expect to import refugees” was posted on X/Twitter by The Gay Electrician on June 25, 2020.

“• If you export bombs • Don’t complain about importing refugees” was posted on X/Twitter by Claudia Webbe on September 21, 2021, and this received over 29,000 likes.

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Ifhat Smith
@issmith3
If you export bombs don’t expect flowers in return
@yasserlouati #PreventConf16
5:55 PM · Jun 4, 2016

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𝕬𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖆𝖟𝖟𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘
@Dazzshallperish
If you Export bombs, expect to import refugees.
#Calais #calaisjungle #jungleDeCalais
6:15 AM · Oct 24, 2016

Facebook
Yasser Louati
December 14, 2016 at 4:00 PM ·
Terrorism: “You can’t export bombs abroad and expect flowers in return”
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftp8O1k2HIU

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🎈grimwomyn
@grimwomyn
“If you export bombs, you have to expect to import people” - Anon (via vvitchkraft) https://tmblr.co/Zd9rQx2K4yggu
6:02 AM · Mar 30, 2017

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Val Monti Holland
@valmonticoach
“If you export bombs, you import people.” One of the many brilliant lines in ‘My Country’ at Home in Manchester last night.
6:04 PM · Apr 23, 2017

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The Gay Electrician
@GayElectrician
If you export bombs and terror, expect to import refugees.
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Jules #FreePalestine🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@celtjules66
Jun 25, 2020
If the racists in the UK and the US don’t want “refugees flooding in “, perhaps they should ask their Governments to stop creating refugees in the first place.
#JustSaying
3:01 AM · Jun 25, 2020

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Kenneth Lundgren
@TheCrayonmaker
if you export bombs, you will import refugees
7:05 AM · Jun 27, 2020

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Rachael Swindon #WeAreCollective
@Rachael_Swindon
The right-wing minceheads have absolutely no issues with selling weapons to despots and dictators, causing humanitarian disasters across the globe, but when the humanitarian disaster turns up at ‘their’ borders, they go apeshit.
If you export bombs, you will import refugees.
8:33 AM · Aug 8, 2020

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Claudia Webbe
@ClaudiaWebbe
• If you export bombs
• Don’t complain about importing refugees
1:37 PM · Sep 21, 2021

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Subhan Amir
@Subhanamir23
Words of the day.
If you export bombs.
Don’t complain about importing refugees.
#HelpRefugees_Indonesia
(The Claudia Webbe tweet is shown on a sign.—ed.)
12:08 AM · Feb 25, 2022

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WearThePeace
@WearThePeaceCo
If You Export Bombs Don’t Complain About Importing Refugees.
(The saying is shown on T-shirts.—ed.)
2:34 PM · Sep 6, 2023

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Owlerine 𓅓
@owlerine
If you export bombs, don’t complain about importing refugees.
(Originally shared by @WeeShortie1888 ) ✌️
(The saying is shown on an image.—ed.)
3:32 AM · Oct 14, 2024

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Sal the Agorist
@SallyMayweather
Dear neocons,
(“If you export bombs, don’t complain about importing refugees” is shown on an image.—ed.)
10:06 AM · Oct 15, 2024

“If you export bombs, expect to import refugees”