MILAN - Two charities running rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea have said Italy has ignored requests to allow their ship to bring 356 migrants ashore, exposing Europe’s latest failure to deal with African migration.
The ship is carrying mostly Africans from Sudan, plucked from the sea in four separate missions. They include more than 100 minors, around 90 of them unaccompanied, Médecins Sans Frontières said. Three children are under the age of five. “This is shameful,” said Jay Berger, project coordinator for MSF, speaking by satellite phone from the Ocean Viking, in international waters between Malta and the southern Italian island of Linosa.
“A rescue ship is like an ambulance. People should be transported but not living on it,” MSF’s Berger said, adding that there was no certainty those on board could endure the wait Open Arms experienced, which would mean another week at sea. Luca Pigozzi, a doctor onboard, said that while most migrants were in a stable physical condition, he feared the impact of psychological damage caused by violence suffered when fleeing their home country.Libya is a hub for migrants and refugees, many of whom try to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats, fleeing violence and dire poverty in Africa for a better life in Europe. So far this year, more than 600 people have died trying to make the crossing.
KassandraTroy You'd have to have a heart of stone to deny port access to all those frightened women and children.
How these people are not charged with kidnapping or human trafficking is amazing. They were offered a safe port over a week ago in Tunisia. Tunisia currently has 6.2m tourists visiting every year and its ports are not declared as an unsafe. All they are doing is encouraging it.
Look at all those suffering women, children, and elderly. Oh, that's right - it's all military-age men coming for the free shit and money to send home. Send 'em all back.
back to Africa - now °
Can you tell me where the women & children are?....All I See is young men!!
Tripoli has offered to take them. Problem solved. These water taxis need to be banned.
Take them back to Sudan/Libya, problem solved....
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