The alleged rescue of people from the Mediterranean was in the past repeatedly suspected to be human smuggling.
The European border and coast guard Frontex has now published a video that at least substantiates this suspicion.
Ships regularly request access to Italian ports to land people picked up in the Mediterranean. Since the inauguration of the new government of Lega and MoVimento 5 however the Italian government has repeatedly denied access to these vessels. And it is still questionable why these ships do not drive people to the nearby coast, if they do not collect people directly in the Mediterranean but directly off the coast. [1]
Thus these ships behave effectively like human smugglers. And it begs the question of how many people were lured into certain death by this behavior because they ran out of water, food or fuel on the open sea. The shortest route from the Libyan coast to the Italian island of Lampedusa is over 200 km (125 miles) and can not be found without a location system and the next route from the Libyan coast to the Sicilian coast is over 500 km (300 miles) and is out of reach due to an inevitable shortage of water, food and fuel even for a middle boat. [1]
The accusation that human smugglers are involved in the crossings is neither new nor unfounded. So far however it has been assumed that ships are involved in human smuggling under the guise of rescue services. Now the European border and coastguard Frontex has published a video that shows new methods. [2] [2,youtube] [3] [4] [5]
Inside is a motorized boat in the direction of Lampedusa dragging an empty non-motorized boat behind it. Instead of going ashore howeverpeople step halfway into the non-motorized boat. And while the non-motorized boat is left behind for rescue the motorized boat reverses again. [2] [2,youtube] [3] [4] [5]
The Department of Information Security (Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza/DIS) underlines this development with its report for the year 2018. According to them the decline is also due to the fact that fewer NGO ships are traveling in the Mediterranean and that Libyan border guards are increasingly protecting the coast. Both developments are essentially supported by the Italian Government. In addition the Department of Security Information (Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza/DIS) assumes that NGO ships behave like human traffickers and may cooperate with but are at least exploit by human traffickers in Africa. [6,p.89] [7] See:
[Domestic Policy] Italy, Salvini, The other way of dealing with the migration crisis
[1] people trafficking 2016-03-12
https://youtu.be/TbIc1LZqIAw
[2] Frontex: Wait, wait. Why is that fishing trawler towing an empty wooden boat at high seas??? 2019-06-22
https://twitter.com/Frontex/status/1142373165076766720
[2,youtube] Frontex detects mother boat smuggling people 2019-06-24
https://youtu.be/tJl_iLWSmtA
[3] Due operazioni anti scafisti a Lampedusa: nove arrestati 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/due-operazioni-anti-scafisti-lampedusa-nove-arrestati-1714768.html
[4] Blitz in mare contro gli scafisti Spunta il video del "trasbordo" 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/blitz-mare-contro-scafisti-spunta-video-trasbordo-1714796.html
[5] Blitz anti-scafisti: il video del trasbordo sul barchino 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/video/cronache/blitz-anti-scafisti-video-trasbordo-sul-barchino-1714799.html
[6] RELAZIONE SULLA POLITICA DELL’INFORMAZIONE PER LA SICUREZZA 2018
https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/sisr.nsf/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Relazione-2018.pdf
[7] Servizi segreti: “Riduzione navi Ong duro colpo per i trafficanti” 2019-02-28
https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/politica/servizi-segreti-riduzione-navi-ong-duro-colpo-per-i-trafficanti-106391/
Ships regularly request access to Italian ports to land people picked up in the Mediterranean. Since the inauguration of the new government of Lega and MoVimento 5 however the Italian government has repeatedly denied access to these vessels. And it is still questionable why these ships do not drive people to the nearby coast, if they do not collect people directly in the Mediterranean but directly off the coast. [1]
Thus these ships behave effectively like human smugglers. And it begs the question of how many people were lured into certain death by this behavior because they ran out of water, food or fuel on the open sea. The shortest route from the Libyan coast to the Italian island of Lampedusa is over 200 km (125 miles) and can not be found without a location system and the next route from the Libyan coast to the Sicilian coast is over 500 km (300 miles) and is out of reach due to an inevitable shortage of water, food and fuel even for a middle boat. [1]
The accusation that human smugglers are involved in the crossings is neither new nor unfounded. So far however it has been assumed that ships are involved in human smuggling under the guise of rescue services. Now the European border and coastguard Frontex has published a video that shows new methods. [2] [2,youtube] [3] [4] [5]
Inside is a motorized boat in the direction of Lampedusa dragging an empty non-motorized boat behind it. Instead of going ashore howeverpeople step halfway into the non-motorized boat. And while the non-motorized boat is left behind for rescue the motorized boat reverses again. [2] [2,youtube] [3] [4] [5]
The Department of Information Security (Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza/DIS) underlines this development with its report for the year 2018. According to them the decline is also due to the fact that fewer NGO ships are traveling in the Mediterranean and that Libyan border guards are increasingly protecting the coast. Both developments are essentially supported by the Italian Government. In addition the Department of Security Information (Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza/DIS) assumes that NGO ships behave like human traffickers and may cooperate with but are at least exploit by human traffickers in Africa. [6,p.89] [7] See:
[Domestic Policy] Italy, Salvini, The other way of dealing with the migration crisis
[1] people trafficking 2016-03-12
https://youtu.be/TbIc1LZqIAw
[2] Frontex: Wait, wait. Why is that fishing trawler towing an empty wooden boat at high seas??? 2019-06-22
https://twitter.com/Frontex/status/1142373165076766720
[2,youtube] Frontex detects mother boat smuggling people 2019-06-24
https://youtu.be/tJl_iLWSmtA
[3] Due operazioni anti scafisti a Lampedusa: nove arrestati 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/due-operazioni-anti-scafisti-lampedusa-nove-arrestati-1714768.html
[4] Blitz in mare contro gli scafisti Spunta il video del "trasbordo" 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/blitz-mare-contro-scafisti-spunta-video-trasbordo-1714796.html
[5] Blitz anti-scafisti: il video del trasbordo sul barchino 2019-06-21
http://www.ilgiornale.it/video/cronache/blitz-anti-scafisti-video-trasbordo-sul-barchino-1714799.html
[6] RELAZIONE SULLA POLITICA DELL’INFORMAZIONE PER LA SICUREZZA 2018
https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/sisr.nsf/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Relazione-2018.pdf
[7] Servizi segreti: “Riduzione navi Ong duro colpo per i trafficanti” 2019-02-28
https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/politica/servizi-segreti-riduzione-navi-ong-duro-colpo-per-i-trafficanti-106391/
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