Seven men who set out from Libya have been rescued off the coast of Italy. French politicians are urging the British government to take action over the migrant deaths and let them enter England
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Wednesday in Italian watersthe Coast Guard he saved seven men from a vessel departing from Libya that was sinking.
The survivors told rescuers that their boat had left Libya on September 1. “The survivors said that there were 28 peopleincluding three minors, 21 of whichwhile browsing, they fell into the sea due to the adverse weather conditions,” the Coast Guard reported in a statement.
Previously, on August 31, the Italian authorities had stopped a ship of the German NGO Sea Watchafter this one had saved 289 people in four operations in international waters off Libya.
The Italian authorities have held the ship for 20 days and they fined the NGO up to 10 thousand euros. Italy claims that the rescue took place without the authorization of the Libyan authorities, while the NGO believes that authorization is not required by international law.
Migrants continue to cross the Channel
They don’t stop Channel crossings on the part of the migrants. A was spotted on Wednesday boat with dozens of people on board in the waters between France And England. It’s only been a day since 12 migrants die after a boat carrying more than fifty capsized.
French patrol boats monitored the dinghy full of people crammed together, some with their legs dangling.
French politicians haveurged the British government to act. “Either the UK closes its border completely, or does something to make the crossing safer, because we cannot continue to expose to this risk all these freedom-loving men and women who have fled the war and whose only desire is to reach England,” he said. Olivier Barbarinmayor of The Doors.
“We, as elected officials, can’t take it anymore. We are fed up with having to manage these situations and seeing this misery go towards massacre,” said the mayor of the French coastal city of Wimereux, Jean-Luc Dubaële.
Dubaële proposes that the two countries break with theLe Touquet Agreementa treaty signed in 2003 which established border controls juxtaposed. “Let’s legalise the process and let the migrants pass through to England,” he added.
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