Malta takes another 44 migrants from ship
Italy refused, by Ann Corcoran, 10/21/18.
But,
there is something you, Americans, need to know about Malta. Before giving
Malta ‘high-fives’ for humanitarian zeal, consider this:
The European island nation has been sending its excess migrants to the
US ever since the George W. Bush administration in what is a possibly illegal
maneuver by our US State Department.
Malta
is a safe European country and anyone who gets there seeking asylum is their
problem, not ours!
The
practice of sending a few hundred to Yourtown, USA has been going on for years.
Although the numbers are down under President Donald Trump, we are still taking
some.
First
here is the latest from the European migration crisis.
From France 24: Malta takes migants after Italy stand-off
VALLETTA
(AFP) – Migrants rescued at sea by a merchant vessel are being taken to Malta
after two days in limbo following Italy’s refusal to accept them, the Maltese
armed forces said Wednesday.
So where will this group of 44 Africans
be resettled?
The Just Fitz III plucked 44 migrants from a rickety wooden boat late Monday after they ran into
difficulty during the perilous crossing from North Africa.
The
Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, which had been headed to Tunisia, was diverted
to help the migrants as they floundered some 60 nautical miles south of the
Italian island of Lampedusa, in Malta’s search and rescue zone.
Valletta
said those rescued at sea should be taken to the nearest safe port, on
Lampedusa.
But Italy’s new and hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini, the head
of the far-right League, has vowed to stop migrant arrivals.
“Following the refusal of Italy to provide for the nearest place of
safety, shelter and logistical support to the ship and in view of deteriorating
weather conditions affecting the area,” Malta agreed to take the migrants, the
army said.
An
offshore patrol vessel picked up the migrants from the Just Fitz III and was
expected to disembark them on Malta late Wednesday. More here.
The Malta to US express! - Ambitious readers might want
to have a look at my Malta archive, here,
which I have been building for over ten years.
See here, that
even in Trump’s first full year in office we are still bringing ‘refugees’ from
the safe country of Malta. We ‘welcomed’ 128 migrants from Malta in
FY18. We are not told where they were placed in the US.
And
note that there were 93 cases for the 128 migrants which tells us they were
mostly single people (probably single men)!
Migrants and asylum seekers who make their way to Europe are not our
problem. We have
enough problems with fake asylum seekers coming to our borders.
Surely Malta isn’t going to step up and say we will take a few of those
Hondurans off your hands! Not in a million years!
If
he knew this was happening,
Trump
could stop the Malta to Yourtown express with a phone call. See my ‘Invasion of
Europe’ file here.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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