[arista]

[It said the Maltese authorities had
ordered the ships not to carry out a rescue
and that one of them was just asked to
supply it with fuel.]


[A vessel with around 400 people
on board is adrift between Greece and Malta
and is taking on water, support service
Alarm Phone said on Sunday,
after a sharp rise of migrant boats
crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.

Alarm Phone said on Twitter they had
received a call from the boat,
which departed from Tobruk, in Libya,
overnight and that they had informed authorities.
But authorities had not launched
a rescue operation so far, they added.]

[German NGO Sea-Watch International
said on its Twitter account it had found
the boat with two merchant ships nearby.]

https://www.reuters.com/world/boat-w...ys-2023-04-09/

[Oliver_W]

The only way to solve the migrant crisis is to not allow the boats

(Not saying they shouldn't be rescued, but better to drop them off at their departure point)

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

The only way to solve the migrant crisis is to not allow the boats

(Not saying they shouldn't be rescued, but better to drop them off at their departure point)

Dump them back at Libya?
I think that Libya will not allow that.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

Dump them back at Libya?
I think that Libya will not allow that.

Then they'd better look after their own borders

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Then they'd better look after their own borders

Libya a damaged nation now,
Criminal Smugglers, based there
get rich packing these boats with
Various Nations, of Illegal Migrants.



Libya was Wrecked by various nations

No one is Going to Fund their wrecked Government.

[arista]

Italy
is now rescuing the these illegal migrants