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One more merchant ship fell victim to migrants trafficking

Posted in Maritime Security by Mikhail Voytenko

Jul 05, 2020 at 13:50.

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One more cargo ship fell victim to migrants trafficking schemes – on Jul 3 livestock carrier TALIA, while en route from Libya to Spain, was ordered by either MRCC Malta or Malta Naval Forces, to pick up “distressed” migrants, south of Lampedusa, Italy.

According to crew, they’ve been promised a quick relief, all illegal migrants were to be taken on board of Malta Naval patrol boat. It didn’t happen. Italy rejected entry in its’ waters, Malta doesn’t want them, either.

The ship arrived at Malta outer anchorage early on Jul 5, and remains anchored, awaiting the decision of EU and coastal States. A bunch of NGOs are already feasting on incident, all usual suspects – AlarmPhone, Sea-Watch, etc.

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