In less than 48 hours, Italy has received an enormous wave of African migrants seeking to cross the Strait of Sicily into Italy, causing a state of emergency for Italian rescuers.
Rescue missions were conducted by the Italian Coast Guard, commercial vessels, as well as the French patrol boat.
Italian police arrested three smugglers, the human traffickers who charge 1,000 euros per person to make the dangerous crossing. Please note the migrants are not only from the middle east, Iraq or Syria.
Estimates of the number of Africans in Libya ready to leave the continent for Europe now reach a million, with Italian rescue forces dramatically underprepared for dealing with an exodus of this magnitude.
Many are fleeing Syria due to the civil war that is initiated and, supported by Saudi, Kuwaiti, Emirates, ... and Turkey's desire to get rid of Assad. Most of these countries are taking no migrants from the region. Many Syrian migrants didn't want to go anywhere, but live in their own country. But with Turkey, Saudis, and US and support of various "moderate oppositions" civilians have no where to go.
We opened the door for a major Non Humane Tragedy of the century. Just a thought.
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