On Lampedusa, the Left Blames Borders for Migrant Deaths
NGOs exploited the 10th anniversary of a smuggler shipwreck that killed 350 to demand ‘rights for people, not rights for borders.’
NGOs exploited the 10th anniversary of a smuggler shipwreck that killed 350 to demand ‘rights for people, not rights for borders.’
Videos with happy migrants and promises of safe passage hide a lucrative but ruthless trafficking business.
The Tories have criticised a new blueprint for failing to lower migration numbers, after failing to do so themselves.
Illegal arrivals have spiralled out of control despite promises from PM Meloni to decrease numbers.
While results of further tests are expected, British PM Rishi Sunak reaffirmed his commitment to keep using the barge—now empty, but able to house up to 500 migrant men aged 18-65.
50 migrants were expected to board the Bibby Stockholm barge as part of a new migration plan, but last-minute legal challenges have resulted in just 15 individuals making the journey.
Ministers will be working more closely with social media companies to take down posts advertising illegal Channel crossings.
Authorities say that increasingly, crews of Tunisian fishing boats are leaving behind the profession and are dedicating themselves to “the more lucrative activity of pirates,” plundering small iron boats that ferry migrants from Tunisia to Sicily.
“The rigour with which the Illegal Migration Bill is implemented will determine the extent to which it deters migrants from making the perilous journey.”
An internal document reveals the EU and Athens knew about two children having died aboard the doomed vessel 15 hours before it capsized and sank, claiming the lives of approximately 600.
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