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International News Title: A mystery: Italy seizing migrant rescue ships, but who owns them? [Soros] The Lifeline is carrying 226 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya, Mission Lifeline said… The planned seizure of the Lifeline and Seefuchs comes amid a deepening row over migrant rescues after Italy’s new populist government refused earlier this month to take in a stranded rescue ship carrying 630 migrants. On the surface, this may at first look like a fairly standard operation. A couple of ships are picking up drowning refugees fleeing war-torn areas and looking for a safe harbor to deliver them to in Europe. What’s not to like, right? But as soon as you begin poking into the details some questions quickly arise. The Lifeline, operated by an organization called Mission Lifeline, quickly denied the Italian claims, tweeting out a document purporting to show their Dutch registration, giving them the right to fly the flag and conduct operations. — MISSION LIFELINE (@SEENOTRETTUNG) June 21, 2018 But if you take a close look at that document you will see that is not, in fact, a ship’s registration from the Netherlands. It’s actually a registration as a “pleasure yacht” issued by Nederlands Watersport Verbond, otherwise known as the Royal Netherlands Watersport Association. It’s a governing body for yachting, sailing and canoeing, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. This basically gives them permission to dock in the Netherlands and compete in sailing sports, but nothing else. Certainly not to fly their flag at sea. Of course, all you really had to do was ask the Dutch. They quickly responded from their EU office in Brussels, saying that the ship was not one of theirs and not under their control. — Netherlands at the EU (@NLatEU) June 21, 2018 That tweet starts with a number 2 because it was just one of a long string of tweets the Dutch sent out raising many questions about these ships. Aside from saying they are owned by German concerns, they raised questions as to whether or not they are seaworthy and able to safely move that many people. They go on from there to say that they, “share Italy’s concerns about the sustained irregular flow of migrants” and their precarious position as the default nation of first arrival. If you don’t want to take the Dutch at their word, you can look at the home page for Mission Lifeline. They clearly list their address as being in Dresden, Germany: MISSION LIFELINE eV So if these ships are owned by German NGOs and are registered in Germany, why are they flying a Dutch flag without the permission of the Netherlands? And if they’re not registered in Germany either, they are “stateless vessels,” effectively making them pirate ships. Flying a false flag compounds the problem further. What’s with all the secrecy for a mission of mercy? Digging further into the ongoing discussion, some observers on the Italian side are suggesting that these ships aren’t actually “rescuing refugees at sea,” or at least not in all cases. They could be engaging in arrangements with human smugglers who charge the migrants money to get them into Europe. And what better way to make sure you’re taken in than to arrive on an international rescue ship? This isn’t established at this point, but the mission statement from Mission Lifeline’s fundraising page goes on at length about how migrants have the right to not drown at sea or “die in the desert.” Also, who is paying for these operations? They claim that they are entirely funded by donations from both individuals and NGOs. But when I click on the link to see their list of NGO donors I mysteriously get a 404 error. Whenever I hear something about European NGOs being involved with migration issues, only one name comes to mind. I won’t say it aloud here since there’s no link established yet, but it rhymes with Forge Boros. Do the Italians have a point here? It would need to be definitively established, but if these ships aren’t just doing rescues at sea, but picking up people from smugglers in Africa and taking them to Europe as “rescued refugees” then they’re actually engaging in human trafficking. And, again, if they’re not up to anything shady, why are they flying a false flag? Why not just fly a German flag? Maybe because then the migrants onboard would become Germany’s problem instead of Italy’s. Food for thought, anyway. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
I have always thought there something funny about those "Rescued Refugees". More like smuggled to western worlds to bring them down. Which is what Soro's does. He shorts a countries currency and then raises hell until it breaks their currency. If Soro's fingerprint can be found anywhere on this Italy needs to go get him and his group and put them on trail or just let their CIA group deal with him and his group the old fashion way!
Soros is taking heavy poitical fire in the EU like he's never faced before. I'd love to see that worm locked up or otherwise taken off the stage.
Him and all his cronies. Man I would have to say we would need to make a world holiday if it ever happened. Im sure they would buy their way out. That's why I think the other way is the best. Quick and silent. ;) The world would suddenly get better and no one would ever notice why!!
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