"Libyans leave migrants to their fate in the Mediterranean"

According to the Spanish aid organization Proactiva Open Arms, the Libyan Coast Guard has left three boat migrants in the Mediterranean to their fate. Two of them, a woman and a small child of one year or four, did not survive and were found by the NGO on Tuesday. Another woman was removed from the water by live rescuers, reports Proactiva on Twitter

According to Proactiva, the three migrants, with nearly 160 others, were on a boat intercepted by the Coast Guard on Monday off Libyan coasts. He announced that she had picked up refugees by boat and had settled in a refugee camp. But all the passengers did not want to board the Libyan boat, wrote on Twitter the founder of Proactiva, Hugo Camps. The three migrants refused, on which the coastguard would have destroyed the boat. The three left them helpless, according to Camps

campsoscar Camps of Oscar Cuando llegamos, encontramos to one of the mujeres todavia con vida, no pudimos hacer nada por recuperar to The otra mujer y el niño that al parecer murió pocas horas antes de encontrarlos ¿Cuánto tiempo tendremos que lidiar with asesinos alistados par gobierno italiano para matar? https://t.co/h9IgUgss3H 17 July 2018 @ 11:01

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The Libyan Coast Guard had not responded to Proactiva's accusations Tuesday night. However, the images of the rescue operation clearly show the rubber dinghy destroyed. In addition, the Libyan Coast Guard is known for its often brutal action against boat migrants.

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The camps accuse the incident of the new Italian government, which is harsh against migration across the Mediterranean and cooperates with the Libyan Coast Guard. "That's what you get when you collaborate with armed militias, while letting the rest of Europe believe that Libya is a normal and safe state with a functioning government." Camp specifically named Interior Minister Matteo Salvini: "The responsibility for this crime"

The Italian government of the populist parties of the Five Star and Lega Movement immediately began to act at the beginning of June with a Strict approach of migrants by boat attempting to reach Italy via the Mediterranean.Italy, for example, has already refused several boats full of migrants rescued from the water. finally fled to Malta and Spain, Italians also lead the Libyan Coast Guard and rescue operations to Libyans

"Warn everyone to come to Italy"

Salvini reacts strongly to Camps comments on Twitter: "The lies and insults of NGOs confirm that we are right: reducing the number of boats at departure and on arrival will result in fewer deaths and profits for those who win. money through illegal migration. "

During a working visit, Salvini also came back on the problem. "I challenge everyone to find a Tweet in which I say that a person must be left at sea to drown," the minister said. "My goal is to save everyone, to help everyone, to heal everyone, to feed everyone, but also to prevent everyone from coming to Italy."