1 comment.AFM assists migrants in difficulty who are “insisting in going to Italy”
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Last night the Armed Forces of Malta were called to assist a group of 83 migrants that were in distress and taking in water, East of Malta.
A merchant vessel, ‘TYCHY,’ was directed by Malta’s Rescue and Coordination Centre based in Luqa, to the area to render initial assistance and soon after an AFM offshore patrol vessel P52 sailed on location.
Five migrants were subsequently transferred onboard the Maltese patrol boat and disembarked at Hay wharf base at 6.30am this morning whilst the remaining seventy eight migrants are refusing to be disembarked in Malta.
The AFM said that “the migrants are insisting in going to Italy.” They are all in good health and currently onboard the Merchant vessel.
I have a suggestion. Take them all back to Libya. Simple. How dare they treat their rescuers like that. Their sense of entitlement is quite extraordinary.