Italy and Germany in war of words over German rescue ship captain

[Ozman52]

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

Prove to me she was compensated then she is trafficking untle then most of the posters (politely ) inhumane personally I’d like to buy her a beer you have guts and compassion kudos

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[dick dasterdly]

7 hours ago, usviphotography said:

Those regulations pertain to ships that chance upon vessels in distress. You can't just use them as shield for your human smuggling operation. This was not a ship transporting cargo from Tripoli to Marseille that happened upon some migrants and rescued them. This was a ship whose entire purpose is human trafficking. It travels to prearranged areas off the coast of Libya looking for migrants to pick up and smuggle in to Europe. It has no other cargo or purpose. That is all it does. And because ships like this exist, the market for taking rickety, unseaworthy vessels to the pick up points and hope for a ride is massive. Many of those people make it to the smuggler ships. Others drown. So this ship and this captain not only facilitate human smuggling and an invasion of Europe, but they also facilitate unsafe practices that have led to the drowning of thousands of Africans. From whichever perspective you approach the issue, this woman is a monster. 

I agree with most of this, but the captain is not "a monster".

 

She's an extremely wealthy, likely well-meaning woman who doesn't understand the impact of economic migrants on the poor in European countries, or that this type of 'rescue service' is only encouraging more to risk their lives, in the belief that they will be 'rescued' by the rescue ships.