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appalachiablue

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8. So the cargo is migrants who pay smugglers to illegaly transport them via ship to a safe state.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 01:34 PM

Jan 2015

If the smugglers are spotted by officials they leave or blend in with passengers to avoid detection. Kudos to the brave and effective Italian naval authorities involved in these human rescue efforts. Another recent foreign news report I saw covered ME and N. African migrants waiting in northern France for transport to Britain that's not going well because of conflicts between authorities.

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Italy saves 970 migrants abandoned by smugglers [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2014 OP

To say their navy/coast guard's been working its ass off would be a huge understatement Posteritatis Dec 2014 #1

Ironically, the Italians are starting to debate Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #11

"derelict" ships with passengers fleeing "persecution", like "rape", "murder", closeupready Jan 2015 #15

this is the piece I was referring to: Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #17

Do you have a larger point, though, is my real question here? closeupready Jan 2015 #18

My larger point is while taking in the refugees is admirable, Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #19

Taking in refugees is admirable AND obligatory. closeupready Jan 2015 #20

where do mercuryblues Dec 2014 #2

ports and harbors and routes between have thousands of transport 'ships' Sunlei Dec 2014 #5

Smallish, end-of-life ships can be astonishingly cheap Posteritatis Dec 2014 #6

Will the Italians block the roads used by the Italian Coast Guard... krispos42 Dec 2014 #3

If any Italians do that, they will undoubtedly be Italian "republicans". pampango Jan 2015 #14

Bravo to Italys' Navy and Coast Guard! Sunlei Dec 2014 #4

Is this the new old way of dumping unwanted peoples off ffr Dec 2014 #7

All the smugglers would care about is their initial boarding fees Posteritatis Jan 2015 #9

You realize it is the refugees themselves, not "their country", that pay the smuggler fees? pampango Jan 2015 #13

So the cargo is migrants who pay smugglers to illegaly transport them via ship to a safe state. appalachiablue Jan 2015 #8

some smugglers have no intention of even trying to get migrants to the other countries JI7 Jan 2015 #12

Hardly surprising though Nihil Jan 2015 #16

At some point, the whole world wll have to deal with this )nt) question everything Jan 2015 #10