Salvini Celebrates as Libyan Coast Now Free of NGO Ships – IOTW Report

Salvini Celebrates as Libyan Coast Now Free of NGO Ships

Breitbart Europe:

Populist Italian Interior minister Matteo Salvini has expressed joy following reports that there are currently no migrant transport NGOs operating off the Libyan coast.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, several migrant transport NGOs operated in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone off the coast of Libya to pick up migrants who were then brought back to Italy. Following Interior Minister Salvini’s decree to stop port access to the NGO vessels, all migrant transport activity in the area has now come to a halt, Il Giornale reports.

Minister Salvini celebrated the news saying: “Thanks to our actions no NGO ships are in front of Libya, so the smugglers have finished doing their dirty work.” more here

2 Comments on Salvini Celebrates as Libyan Coast Now Free of NGO Ships

  1. “…there are currently no migrant transport NGOs operating off the Libyan coast…”

    That’s good news, but it could mean nothing more than the end of the 2018 migrant transport season. We will see what happens next Spring.

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