Posted on 06/17/2018 4:09:43 PM PDT by RightGeek
Italy’s interior minister has sparked a new migration crisis in the Mediterranean by barring two rescue boats from bringing refugees to shore, a week .
“Two other ships with the flag of Netherlands, Lifeline and Seefuchs, have arrived off the coast of Libya, waiting for their load of human beings abandoned by the smugglers,” Matteo Salvini, the leader of the anti-immigrant party the League, wrote on his Facebook page. “These gentlemen know that Italy no longer wants to be complicit in the business of illegal immigration, and therefore will have to look for other ports [not Italian] where to go.”
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If the NGO boats are unable to land the people they rescue and cease to operate, Operation Sophia, an EU anti-smuggler mission patrolling the Mediterranean, may take up some of the slack. NGOs, however, say its warships operate too far out to sea, given that people traffickers favour towing rubber boats full of migrants to the edge of Libya’s 12-mile territorial waters before setting them adrift.
Italy’s port closures come despite an 85% fall in migrant crossings since last year. The decrease is in part the result of the EU and Italy training and funding Libya’s coastguard to intercept vessels.
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Was surprised to hear about the Libyan coastguard. Since nothing else in Libya works since Obama and Hillary destroyed it, I'm not sure about the "coastguard"
Italy shows the world it CAN be done. Just say NO!
Good lord,how many are coming in?
There goes Europe.Sad,sad,sad.
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Sink the Ships.
The word will spread fast, …. problem solved.
Obama And Hillary set the north of Africa on fire on Purpose!
Just imagine if the Med sea wasn’t there, and instead there were just a couple markers along the desert sands...
There’s really no difference, at the end of the day; just like in Mexico, Soros’ little flunkies are ensuring the invasion of every successful western culture continues.
And they can’t wait to duplicate their efforts in Asian nations.
In the end it is going to take military action to stop the flood of illegal immigrants. The combination of growing poverty stricken people and near instant communication via phone and internet is creating the perfect situation. It may be necessary to invade Libya to stop them. Seizing the NGO ships who are actually human smugglers is next.
Send them over to Von Merkel. She will take them.
WTF is an NGO Warship? LOL
Now I can be proud of my parents’ birth place.
Go ROMAN on the refugees!!
And any jerkoff ship from any country that tries to dump a “load” on Italy.
yup; They should prosecute the NGOs for human trafficking and confiscate their boats.
I don’t think they will have much success bringing Muslim males to Japan or the Koreas.
We would do well to remember Somalia and how we got drawn in by the hyperventilating media. in 1993 Somalia was a shithole and it's only gotten worse.
What they did to Libya was unconscionable and completely unwarranted.
Soros is down for that challenge.
Meh.
Spain will take ya!
Completely. Arab Spring My Ass
Egypt too, but The Egyptian Army fought back.
The bastards should be in jail or worse
The ships are under the flag of the Netherlands? They should be brought there.
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