Importing the poorest of the poor and criminal gangs from third world dumps are the best way to improve your economy. Just ask the democrats.
Posted on 04/23/2015 9:13:43 AM PDT by Nachum
CAIRO (AP) — Libya's chaos has turned it into a lucrative magnet attracting migrants desperate to make the dangerous sea voyage to Europe. With no central authority to stop it, business is booming, with smugglers charging ever more as demand goes up, then using the profits to buy larger boats and heavier weapons to ensure no one dare touch them.
It's a vicious cycle that only translates into more tragedies at sea.
With each rickety boat that sets off from Libya's coast, traffickers rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars. So assured are they of their impunity that they operate openly. Many even use Facebook to advertise their services to migrants desperate to flee war, repression and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
And they are armed to the teeth, often working with powerful militias in Libya that control territory and hold political power.
One coast guard officer in Sabratha, a Libyan coastal city that is a main launch point for smugglers' boats headed to Europe, said his small force can do little to stop them. Recently, he heard about a vessel about to leave but refused to send his men to halt it.
"This would be suicidal," he told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the powerful traffickers.
"When you see smugglers with anti-aircraft guns mounted on pickup trucks on the beach, and you have an automatic rifle, what are you going to do?"
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They say anarchy
They mean islam
Stop, think, and come up with a better plan.
@Blacklivesmatter
Italy is a NATO country, this is an attack on Italy, therefore NATO would be completely justified in invading and taking over Libya.
#BlackLiesMatter
ISIS threatened to overwhelm Europe and the US with jihadists. Unlike Hussein, they mean what they say to the West.
The Mariel Boat Lift, in Arabic.
She broke it and now we have to buy it.
It appears islamization of the world is not happening fast enough so they are forcing them unto the free world, the thing is these migrants will not give up islam and its evil ways; so I have no sympathy for them, I say force them back even if it means they die in the process, islam is like a rabid dog initially not recognizable but progressive and should be dealt with as such, it is now at the stage of foaming at the mouth, it has progressed too far there is no cure.
“We came, we saw, he died.” Ha, Ha, Ha.
The President proclaimed, “After four decades of darkness, they (the Libyan people) can walk the streets, free from a tyrant.” (providing they are heavily armed)
This administration’s only failure has been the Egyptian rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Lots of very happy fish!
Naval Ships In Urgent Migrant Rescue Mission
HMS Bulwark is travelling towards Libya amid reports up to 14 vessels carrying migrants are stranded in the Mediterranean. http://news.sky.com/story/1497444/naval-ships-in-urgent-migrant-rescue-mission
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