Posted on 09/21/2019 7:50:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Italy has seen a rise in so-called phantom boat arrivals as traffickers ferry migrants across the Mediterranean from Tunisia rather than Libya without being spotted, a prosecutor warned Saturday.
The closing window of opportunity to reach Europe before the onset of winter has also seen a spike in the numbers of crossings, just ahead of a meeting of interior ministers on the hot-button topic of migration on Monday in Malta.
Of the more than 6,620 people to have arrived in Italy since the start of 2019, some 5,500 have done so autonomously, managing to approach the coast or land without being spotted or needing assistance, according to the Repubblica daily.
We are starting to see not just Tunisians but also sub-Saharans on the boats that arrive autonomously, Agrigento prosecutor Salvatore Vella said in an interview in the Stampa daily. [ ]
Experts say the rise has nothing to do with the change from a far-right, anti-migrant government in Italy which closed the countrys ports to a pro-European one hoping to seal a deal on distributing new arrivals within the EU.
The alleged pull factor, whereby charity vessels rescuing migrants at sea encourage others to attempt the crossing, also does not exist, according to Matteo Villa from the Institute for International Political Studies (IPSI).
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Piratee. Sink on sight.
And this time it's working.
We need a Star Trek transporter beam and beam them into space.
I can dream.
In the period of just a couple years I saw the demographics of small southern Italian towns change.
Lots of luck, Italy! You just got rid of Salvini. You will be overrun by savages!
Addio Italia! Tutto e adesso finito.
The numbers drop there when winter hits.
Here, the number drop during the hot summer months and pick up in the cooler months.
The Islamic invasion continues
It used to be that when people were told to die—these were considered to be fighting words. Now they’re seen as words of the needy who need to be accommodated. Very weird.
Mama Mia; the globalists are wrecking Italy!
100%
Qaddafi warned the world that his country was the wall between Islamic invasion within Europe and keeping the barbarians out of the gate. Obama and Clinton made sure that the invasion commenced by essentially assassinating Qaddafi and using NATO as their private military to overthrow a sovereign nation. And here we are. Obama and Clinton belong in prison tried by the Hague.
PING
Qaddafi warned the world that his country was the wall between Islamic invasion within Europe and keeping the barbarians out of the gate. Obama and Clinton made sure that the invasion commenced by essentially assassinating Qaddafi and using NATO as their private military to overthrow a sovereign nation. And here we are. Obama and Clinton belong in prison tried by the Hague.
What a world we live where Qaddafi was right at least once.
Yes!
And, this was all after theyd convinced Qaddafi to give up his nuclear weapons. That he would be protected for doing so.
I wonder if Little Rocket Man ever ponders on that.
I wonder if Little Rocket Man ever forgets it.
Obama betrayal. Just like he did for any number of US intel assets. If I were a disgruntled Chinese or Russian, I would have to think long and hard about EVER aiding the US. His damage to America will last for generations.
Madrassa raised obama and Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett needed to remove this roadblock to the world-wide caliphate.
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