For two months, using marinetraffic.com, the movements of ships owned by a couple of NGOs were monitored and, using data from data.unhcr.org, the daily arrivals of African immigrants in Italy have been tracked. This way a big scam involving an illegal human traffic operation was uncovered.
NGOs, smugglers, and the mafia seemingly work hand in hand with the European Union to ship thousands of illegals into Europe under the pretext of “rescuing” new arrivals, assisted by the Italian coast guard which coordinated their activities.
Human traffickers actually contacted the Italian coast guard in advance to receive support and to pick up their smuggled human cargo. NGO ships are directed to the “rescue spot” even as those to be rescued are still in Libya. The 15 ships that were observed are owned or leased by NGOs have regularly been seen to leave their Italian ports, head south, stop short of reaching the Libyan coast, pick up their human cargo, and take course back 260 miles to Italy even though the port of Zarzis in Tunis is just 60 mile away from the rescue spot.
The organizations in question are: MOAS, Jugend Rettet, Stichting Bootvluchting, Médecins Sans Frontières, Save the Children, Proactiva Open Arms, Sea-Watch.org, Sea-Eye and Life Boat.
Brussels meanwhile has put legislature in place to protect people traffickers against prosecution. In a dedicated section of an EU resolution entitled On Search and Rescue, the text states that “private ship masters and non-governmental organisations who assist in sea rescues in the Mediterranean Sea should not risk punishment for providing such assistance.”
During the two months of close observation, some 39 000 Africans were illegally smuggled into Italy, with the full consent of the Italian and European authorities.
Four NGOs picked up people in the Libyan territorial waters. There is proof that these smugglers communicated their action in advance with the Italian authorities. Ten hours before the immigrants left Libya, the Italian coast guard directed the NGOs to the “rescue” spot. The full account is available at Caught in the act: NGOs deal in migrant smuggling.
There is also a full account about the ships involved: NGOs Armada operating off the coast of Libya as well as how migrants are encouraged to come to Europe: Death road to Europe promoted on the web.
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