Posted on 06/26/2019 3:19:28 PM PDT by robowombat
ITALY’S Salvini calls NGO illegal alien ‘rescue’ boat a “pirate ship” and denies it permission to land
Italy’s Interior Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has called a Netherlands-registered German NGO boat a “pirate ship,” stating the 43 rescued African (mainly) Muslim illegal alien migrant wannabes aboard should instead be taken to The Netherlands or to Germany. They will never be allowed to dock in Italy.
Newsweek NGO Sea-Watch is challenging Italy’s refusal to allow its Sea-Watch 3 boat entry to its territorial waters or to dock at the port in Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean around 160 miles off its coast, in the European Court of Human Rights, which has asked for Rome to justify its decision.
Sea-Watch “saved” the illegal aliens from the sea (most likely from an illegal human trafficker boat) near Libya on June 12, but they are stuck in the water because of Italy’s Salvini-driven policy of not allowing any more NGO ships to dock without permission. Those that do face fines of up to €50,000.
“Does the European Union want to solve the Sea Watch problem? Easy,” Salvini, leader of the League party and interior minister in Italy’s fragile coalition government, wrote on Facebook. “Dutch ship, German NGO: Half of the illegal migrants in Amsterdam, the other half in Berlin. And seize the pirate ship.”
Salvini argues that his country has taken in too many of the illegal migrants picked up by rescue boats, and that only a tiny fraction are genuinely fleeing war. He had already once refused entry to Sea-Watch 3, only to have the decision overturned by the ECHR in May.
Sea-Watch 3 landed at Lampedusa with the 65 illegals it had rescued from a rubber dinghy in the waters off Libya before the ship was impounded for three weeks. It was then released back to the NGO by Italian authorities.
Those at the coalface of the Mediterranean crisis, such as Italy, feel they are overburdened and that the problem is not shared equitably among all E.U. partners, as demonstrated by Salvini’s insistence that Sea-Watch 3 should be the responsibility of the Dutch and Germans.
Those at the coalface of the Mediterranean crisis, such as Italy, feel they are overburdened and that the problem is not shared equitably among all E.U. partners, as demonstrated by Salvini’s insistence that Sea-Watch 3 should be the responsibility of the Dutch and Germans.
Meanwhile, those onboard Sea-Watch 3 are struggling in difficult conditions. A video posted to Twitter by Sea-Watch shows one man, Hermann, who the NGO says escaped torture in a Libyan prison, saying the group is exhausted.
“We cannot hold and longer. We are like in a prison because we are deprived of everything. We cannot do anything. We cannot even walk, go a bit further, because the boat is small and we are plenty. There is no space anymore,” Hermann says. (Oh, Boo Hoo. Where are the women and children? Why are there only strapping young men aboard?)
Smugglers, actually.
If it’s a pirate ship they should take the crew off and behead them on the beach.
So “Hermann” escaped a Libya torture prison? Is his other name 007?
Meanwhile, those onboard Sea-Watch 3 are struggling in difficult conditions...
Then they will die soon and problem solved.
Please let Italy go Roman on muzzies and ANY illegals and the ships they come in on.
SEND them to Germany. Merkel loves them and the Germans love Merkel or she wouldn’t still be in office.
“...Meanwhile, those onboard Sea-Watch 3 are struggling in difficult conditions. A video posted to Twitter by Sea-Watch shows one man, Hermann, who the NGO says escaped torture in a Libyan prison, saying the group is exhausted....
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Escaped Libyan torture? Really? WTF was he doing in Libya?
The rules only apply to invaders.
Should’ve sunk the ‘pirate boat’ and made sure it went down with all of it’s passengers/crew.
This is a win-win-win-win. Dutch love that cultural enrichment, Germans love that diversity, migrants love those fully-developed welfare states, pirates getting away with their lives but not their ship.)
Salvini is one Stand-up Catholic I would vote for, early and often.
::Salvini, leader of the League party and interior minister in Italy’s fragile coalition government, wrote on Facebook. “Dutch ship, German NGO: Half of the illegal migrants in Amsterdam, the other half in Berlin. And seize the pirate ship.”::
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I think I’m in love.
Force them back onto the African continent, make them disembark and then sink the ship. Don’t allow them to step foot on European soil at all.
There's some good unbiased writing.
If they were just “rescuing” these people, then return them to the closest port IN LYBIA. These are traffickers, not rescuers.
why are there ‘difficult conditions’ onboard the Seawatch? If a ship is going to sail close to Libya’s shore to play virtuous savior and pick up ‘dingys’, they should be prepared to take full care of the people they ‘rescue’, from food to medical care. Or they shouldn’t be in the business of picking people up. Neglect is against maritime law isn’t it?
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