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How long before this is presented on the American news?
It depends on which America news you are looking at, as actual news organizations are almost certainly covering it. Ignore the talking heads on TV, they are in the entertainment business, and purely focused on ratings.
Good.Now the Navy ought to escort them back where they came from,land them ashore and sink the ships.
Doing anything else encourages a lucrative criminal bussiness.
Those who know don't speak
He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36
Well, we did see the news story about the rescue of a ship load of oil fleeing Libya. Libya is the foreign policy disaster no one wants to see. I understand the desire to not turn your back on a humanitarian disaster and what Gaddafi was doing to his own people, but it doesn't seem like there was much of a plan of what to do after getting rid of Gaddafi and his govt. The pictures of thousands of young men leaving Libya makes it seem like it is no better now than it was then- with the exception of many more thousands dead, the loss of control of military grade weapons, the expenditure of monies and assets to achieve it and the reduction of oil available on the world market. ( which is a negative or positive depending on your point of view I guess- positive for OPEC and Russia, negative for industrial countries )
Now the Navy ought to escort them back where they came from,land them ashore and sink the ships.
It's a bit more complicated. They currently typically start in Egypt with ocean-capable ships and then transfer to small boats when closing in on Italy or Greece.
The current operation is an Italian Navy operation called "Mare Nostrum" (possibly a bit controversial) in which - aside from rescueing refugees - they also attempt to intercept and seize the ocean-capable ships and arrest their crews, then the police investigates from there on - eight Egyptians that are part of the trafficking system have been arrested in Syracuse, Italy as part of this operation so far.
Mare Nostrum rescued about 15,000 refugees at sea in the last six months, which is about half of the amount of people UNHCR estimates take that route. About 90% of these refugees are adult men, btw.
NPR actually had a segment on this months ago; as Tamara said, this has been going on for quite a while. I'm sure that Europeans (in particular the Italian authorities) are aware of it, but it seems that Americans couldn't care less.
"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
Mare Nostrum rescued about 15,000 refugees at sea in the last six months, which is about half of the amount of people UNHCR estimates take that route. About 90% of these refugees are adult men, btw.
I noticed in the pictures accompanying the stories that most or all of the refugees were young men, none appeared to be emaciated either from what I could tell. Granted it was only a few photos that I looked at. Is this typical of a refugee movement? I try to compare it to the Mariel Boat lift or the large amount of illegal immigration on the southern US border, but that is a bit like apples and oranges. In the case of the southern border, people are able to cross back and forth pretty easily and send money back to their families in their countries of origin so they are mostly male unaccompanied workers. The Mariel boat lift was the dumping of Cuba's prisons and institutions besides dissidents. Both somewhat different from this situation. Is this something that we should take notice of? Could the next wave of terrorism or people rioting in the streets be among these people?
It's a bit more complicated. They currently typically start in Egypt with ocean-capable ships and then transfer to small boats when closing in on Italy or Greece.
Huh!What does it matter how they start they sea voyage?It's that it should end right where they started it,not in Europe.And if Egypt has problems repatriating those migrants to their countries of origin,it should get some help.Paying a ticket from Egypt to Sudan or Eritrea is considerably cheaper than keeping all those fellows in Europe.
A far cheaper solution would be to make an example of the ilegal boats and sink one in ten,on sight.Though I agree that would be a bit controversial Decimation (Roman army) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Otherwise you get a real life World War Z
Those who know don't speak
He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36
Bigger than that.The phenomenon is on larger scale these days.
Plus,deport all the newly arrived.It's cheaper and safer this way.
Those who know don't speak
He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36
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