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Spike in 'phantom' boat arrivals as new route into Italy enables migrants to go undetected
TheLocal.it ^ | 21 September 2019 14:47 CEST+02:00 | AFP

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 country’s 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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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; eussr; italy; phantomboats
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1 posted on 09/21/2019 7:50:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Piratee. Sink on sight.


2 posted on 09/21/2019 7:52:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai
Frau Merkel...for Stasi informant...has a plan for Europe similar to the plan that Germany's had for 100+ years.

And this time it's working.

3 posted on 09/21/2019 7:54:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: Olog-hai

We need a Star Trek transporter beam and beam them into space.

I can dream.


4 posted on 09/21/2019 7:58:54 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Olog-hai
put them all on buses and send them to Germany...
5 posted on 09/21/2019 8:13:07 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: Olog-hai

In the period of just a couple years I saw the demographics of small southern Italian towns change.


6 posted on 09/21/2019 8:26:46 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Olog-hai

Lots of luck, Italy! You just got rid of Salvini. You will be overrun by savages!


7 posted on 09/21/2019 8:29:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: neverevergiveup

Addio Italia! Tutto e adesso finito.


8 posted on 09/21/2019 8:32:32 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Olog-hai

The numbers drop there when winter hits.

Here, the number drop during the hot summer months and pick up in the cooler months.


9 posted on 09/21/2019 8:37:29 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Olog-hai

The Islamic invasion continues


10 posted on 09/21/2019 8:40:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Chode

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.


11 posted on 09/21/2019 9:05:23 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: Olog-hai

Mama Mia; the globalists are wrecking Italy!


12 posted on 09/21/2019 9:18:54 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: ckilmer

100%


13 posted on 09/21/2019 9:51:53 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: neverevergiveup
In the period of just a couple years I saw the demographics of small southern Italian towns change.

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.

14 posted on 09/21/2019 10:46:09 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shanover; null and void; aragorn; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; ...
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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.

15 posted on 09/21/2019 11:49:38 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: shanover

What a world we live where Qaddafi was right at least once.


16 posted on 09/21/2019 11:53:50 AM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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To: LucyT
I agree with you, Lucy. But the chances of anything happening to either of them doesn't exist. Plus there were those who lost their lives that few give a damn about today.
17 posted on 09/21/2019 11:57:27 AM PDT by sport
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To: shanover; LucyT

Yes!

And, this was all after they’d 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.


18 posted on 09/21/2019 12:25:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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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.


19 posted on 09/21/2019 1:41:19 PM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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To: shanover
Qaddafi warned the world that his country was the wall between Islamic invasion within Europe and keeping the barbarians out of the gate.

Madrassa raised obama and Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett needed to remove this roadblock to the world-wide caliphate.

20 posted on 09/21/2019 1:43:56 PM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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