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629 migrants stranded after Italy's populists refuse to let rescue ship dock
CNN ^ | 06/11/2018 | By Barbie Nadeau, Judith Vonberg and Gianluca Mezzofiore

Posted on 06/11/2018 9:54:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A ship carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women, remained stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after Italy's new populist government refused to allow it to dock the day before, in a move described by rescuers as unprecedented.

Matteo Salvini, Italy's hardline interior minister and leader of the anti-immigration League party, called on the country to "close the ports" and pledged Sunday to "STOP the filthy business of illegal immigration."

Supplies on the ship are beginning to run low and a number of people are in need of medical treatment, including 15 with serious chemical burns and several others suffering from hypothermia, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which operates the rescue ship Aquarius alongside SOS Méditerranée.

Spanish President Pedro Sanchez announced Monday afternoon that the ship and its passengers would be welcome in the port of Valencia.

"It is our obligation to help avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and offer 'a safe harbor' to these people, thus complying with obligations of International law," he said in a statement.

Salvini took to social media within minutes to celebrate the news. "VICTORY! 629 migrants on board of Aquarius ship, Spain-bound, our first goal has been reached!" he wrote on Facebook.

However, it is currently unclear whether such a move is possible as the Aquarius is obliged to obey the commands of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC), an arm of the government-controlled Italian Coast Guard.

It is also unclear whether the ship has enough fuel and supplies for the roughly 800-mile journey to Valencia.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; europe; hijrah; immigration; italy; miga; refugees
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To: SeekAndFind

Turkey is not all that far away.


21 posted on 06/11/2018 10:07:54 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

CNN FAKE NEWS

“stranded in the Mediterranean Sea”

No they weren’t! They were on a SHIP.


22 posted on 06/11/2018 10:08:23 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: nuke_road_warrior

>>Must be Trump’s fault.

It is. He is telling Western Civilization that it is worth saving from Third World tribalism and 7th Century Satanism.


23 posted on 06/11/2018 10:09:41 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Take them back to Libya.

Don't they have tug boats?

24 posted on 06/11/2018 10:12:00 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

In NGO ships from what I’ve been reading.


25 posted on 06/11/2018 10:12:40 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: SeekAndFind

oh well


26 posted on 06/11/2018 10:13:14 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: SeekAndFind

If they’re still afloat, they’re not stranded. Words have meanings.


27 posted on 06/11/2018 10:13:56 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: SeekAndFind

And never a criticism of the rich Muslim countries all around, that won’t help their fellow Muslims!


28 posted on 06/11/2018 10:14:18 AM PDT by GeorgeWashington1777
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To: SeekAndFind

When we were in Italy a couple of years ago we talked to a number of people who were alarmed and fed UP with the unfettered mass migration. I’m not surprised by this in the slightest.


29 posted on 06/11/2018 10:15:02 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: bert

“”On being asked, the average CNN reporter can’t name the President or Prime Minister of Africa””

Come on - you can’t be serious. Any specific country in Africa you’re talking about?


30 posted on 06/11/2018 10:16:04 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: SeekAndFind
Give 'em some fuel and turn them 180 degrees. 👋🏼
31 posted on 06/11/2018 10:16:09 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SeekAndFind

What? They’re demanding asylum. How could they block them?

Bea ha ha ha...

Our folks should learn a lesson here.

Tell the boat to take them back.


32 posted on 06/11/2018 10:17:05 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Thank You Rush

Point is, they wouldn’t know enough to catch that.

Hey, it’s just Africa.


33 posted on 06/11/2018 10:18:39 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a start. Following Hungary’s lead.


34 posted on 06/11/2018 10:19:12 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear CNN :

1. ‘Stranded’ they are NOT. There are places to return them to, and the ability to resupply.

2. How many of the migrants are fighting age (18-45 year old) men?

3. Where are they from and why do they want to leave? (Shitholes, maybe?)


35 posted on 06/11/2018 10:19:20 AM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterto)
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To: SeekAndFind

Have the NGO take them back to Libya or whatever shithole they departed from.


36 posted on 06/11/2018 10:19:23 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: SeekAndFind

How far off the coast of Libya do they have to get? Three miles or do they just have to wade into the Mediterranean and call Uber for a Skidoo to haul them to the Italy bound ship?


37 posted on 06/11/2018 10:19:55 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: All

Why can’t Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon take them in and give them asylum?????


38 posted on 06/11/2018 10:20:22 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rovenstinez

Too close to us.

St. Helena is nice, I hear.


39 posted on 06/11/2018 10:24:49 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: SeekAndFind

Good for Italy putting an end to the latest Punic War!!!


40 posted on 06/11/2018 10:25:07 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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