Migrant disaster boat crew arrested

[Sally]

They really deserve to be arrested -- all of those involved in this trafficking should be. They cram these desoerate people in unseaworthy crafts because the more they can cram in, the more money they make.

Migrant disaster boat crew arrested

Italian coastguard officers carry the body of a migrant off the ship Bruno Gregoretti, in Valletta, Malta (AP)
21 APRIL 2015

Prosecutors have arrested the Tunisian captain and a Syrian crew member of a boat that capsized off the coast of Libya with hundreds of people aboard in what may be the deadliest yet migrant tragedy.
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Assistant prosecutor Rocco Liguori said the two men were charged with favouring illegal immigration and the captain was also charged with reckless multiple homicide in relation to the weekend sinking.

The two men were arrested aboard the rescue boat that brought 27 survivors from the shipwreck, which may have killed as many as 900 people, to Italy.

Even as the search continued for victims of the disaster, coastguard ships rushed to respond to new distress calls on the high seas - two off Libya and a third boat that ran aground near Greece.

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[aris2chat]

good

refugee camps are being set up in sudan and nigeria in hopes that there will be fewer that try to take boats to europe illegally.

the migration is causing havoc in europe. Some have suggested actually firing on the boats to make them turn back.

 

[Mindful]

The security situation in the Mediterranean will continue to deteriorate to the point where we can expect Islamist raids on European islands, a recently retired Royal Navy Admiral has told Breitbart London.

The Government is Dispatching Assault Ship HMS BULWARK This Week

Rear Admiral Chris Parry CBE, the straight-talking former Director General of the Ministry of Defence Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre, the government body tasked with foreseeing future strategic threats, made the comments in an interview this week as European nations gathered to discuss the sudden migrant crisis gripping the Mediterranean.


Admiral Warns Potential for Islamist Raids on European Islands - Breitbart

 

[montelatici]

This is how Italy, at least the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, would handle the Barbary Pirates:

 

[Coyote]

I heard on the news, in an interview, that we are experiencing the worst refugee crisis since WW2. That's saying a lot.

This Is the Worst Refugee Crisis Since WWII. It s Time for Us to Rethink Our Response Jan Egeland

We started this year with a frightening record: More than 51 million fellow human beings were forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and human rights abuse. It is the highest number recorded since the refugee crisis following World War II​

 

[Sally]

I heard on the news, in an interview, that we are experiencing the worst refugee crisis since WW2. That's saying a lot.

This Is the Worst Refugee Crisis Since WWII. It s Time for Us to Rethink Our Response Jan Egeland

We started this year with a frightening record: More than 51 million fellow human beings were forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and human rights abuse. It is the highest number recorded since the refugee crisis following World War II​

It's a sad situation, and people are leaving not only because of conflicts and human rights abuses, but also because of poverty in their home countries. The smugglers are probably right when they state this. These people feel they have nothing to lose.

Smugglers Nothing Will Stop Migrants Desperate for Better Life