Lampedusa wreck: EU seeks Mediterranean migrant sea patrols
The European Commission has called for the EU to launch Mediterranean-wide search and rescue patrols to intercept migrant boats. The move by Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem was prompted by the deaths of at least 274
The European Commission has called for the EU to launch Mediterranean-wide search and rescue patrols to intercept migrant boats.
The move by Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem was prompted by the deaths of at least 274 migrants whose boat sank off Italy’s Lampedusa island.
She said this was a moment to show real European solidarity beyond words.
The alleged skipper of the Lampedusa boat, a Tunisian man, is being held in Sicily, suspected of manslaughter.
Ms Malmstroem told reporters after the meeting she had asked ministers from the 28 member states to allow a major operation by the EU’s Frontex border agency “covering the whole Mediterranean, from Cyprus to Spain“.
Much of what EU ministers are discussing has been in the pipeline for some time. The EU already has boats patrolling the sea. Now the suggestion is that more vessels should be deployed over a larger area. Similar measures were introduced in 2011 when the Arab uprisings led to an increase in people fleeing Libya and Tunisia.
Then there’s what the EU says is a better surveillance system that will help find vessels in trouble and also log and register illegal arrivals more effectively.
Perhaps, though, the best illustration of how Europe is approaching this problem can be seen in a “mobility partnership” signed by the EU and Morocco, which focuses on ways to limit illegal migration. On the one hand, the EU promises to grant more visas for Moroccan students, business leaders, and the like. On the other, Morocco is obliged to stop migrants leaving its shores for Europe.
Human rights groups have pointed to numerous occasions when they say the authorities have broken international law in attempting to do this. Morocco says it manages the issue in accordance with the law.
First reactions from EU member states were encouraging, she said.
“We will ask Frontex to make a concrete proposal and come back to us,” she said.
Frontex is currently helping Italy to intercept migrant boats, but the two EU operations in the southern Mediterranean have limited resources – a total of four ships, two helicopters and two planes.
The search and rescue patrols would “help better tracking, identification and rescue of boats, especially migrants’ boats”, the commissioner’s spokesman Michele Cercone said.
“It could help prevent tragedies like the one in Lampedusa,” he added.
The search for bodies from the boat that sank on Thursday off Lampedusa, between Sicily and Africa, continued throughout Tuesday.
Divers, who have already recovered dozens of bodies, brought up another 42, bringing the total number to 274. One of those brought to the surface was a child.
Many of the 500 people who were on board are still missing. The victims were mostly from Eritrea and Somalia.
The alleged captain of the ship, Khaled Bensalam, 35, is in custody in Agrigento, Sicily. Investigators suspect him of being responsible for the sinking and he could face multiple counts of manslaughter, though no charges have yet been laid, the BBC’s Rome office was told.
Until his arrest, he was with other survivors of the shipwreck at the reception centre in Lampedusa, Italian media report.
It is thought that other than the skipper, there was only one crewman aboard, and that he did not survive.
Limited resources
In Luxembourg, Ms Malmstroem asked EU member states to “give their political support and to make the necessary resources available”.
Bereket and Wedi negash 2 October 10, 2013
ናይ ሓዘን መዓልታት ኣብ በርሚንግሃም
ዝኸበርኩም ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ በርሚንግሃም ብምኸንያት እቶም ኣብ ገማግም ደሴት ላምፓዶሳ ፣ ብዘሰቅቕ
መገዲ ሕይወቶም ዝሰኣኑ ኣሕዋትና ን ኣሓትናን ዝኽሪ ንምግባር መደብ ተዳልዩ ኣሎ። ኩልና ከም እንፈልጡ ዓለም ምሉእ
እንዳሓዘነትሎም ንሕና ንገዛእ ኣሕዋቶም ክንሓዝነሎምን ክንዝክሮምን ስለ ዝግባና ናይ ሰለስተ መዓልቲ ናይ ሓዘን ዝኽርን
ኣዊጅና ኣሎና እሞ፣ ኣብ’ዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት ሓቢርና ፣ ሓዘናን ንግለጽሎምን።
اعالن
الي الوقفة والمواساة في برمنقهام المقيميين بمدينة االرتريين النقاذ الوطن كل ارتريا شباب يدعواتحاد
اكتوبرالجاري االيطالية بتاريخ الثالث من الشواطي علي االرتريين تعرض لها العشرات من التى الكارثة
المشاركة من الجميع نرجوا الهمية االمر
المكان
الزمان
برمنقهام النقاذ الوطن بمدينة ارتريا لجنة العمل والتنظيم التحاد شباب
There is a memorial service for our Eritrean brothers and sisters who have perished in the Italian coast of
Lampadosa. The world has showed solidarity paid respect and mourned publically and we as Eritreans have
a duty more than anybody else to mourn. For this regard EYSNS Birmingham branch has arranged this
memorial service.
Time; 11/10/13 Friday 6pm- 10pm
12/10/13 Saturday 6pm-10pm
@ St. Francis Centre; Wretham Road, Hockely Birmingham: B19 1ED
Place and time for Sunday will be announced soon.
EYSNS Birmingham Branch
Berhe Tensea October 10, 2013
LARGE SCALE GHIFA IS HAPPENING IN ASMARA TO INTIMIDATE THE YOUTH FROM TAKING ANY ACTION ABOUT THE HILKI……………..
Suleiman Salim October 10, 2013
(soure facebook..)
ካብ መዓስከር ማይ ዓይኒ ጥራሕ ቁጽሪ ተዓፊኖም ዝተወስዱ መንእሰያት ኤርትራውያን 140 በጺሑ ይርከብ፡፡ ኣራ ነቶም ስደተኛታት ነቲ ዝተፈጥረ ሽግር ተሓተቲ ከም ዝኾኑን ይቕሬታ ክሓቱ ከም ዝግብኦምን የገድዶም ኣሎ፡፡ ካብቶም ስደተኛታት ብገንዘብ ዝኽፈሉ ሰባት ከም ዝረቑሑን ናብ ሽረ ከይዶም ከኣ ምስ ዩን ኤች ሲ ኣር ከምዝራኸቡን ገይሮም ኣለዉ፡፡ እቶም ዝተወስዱ ሰባት ክሳብ ሕጂ ደሃዮም የለን፡፡
ሎሚ ንግሆ ዕለት 10 ጥቅምቲ ካልእ ዘሕዝን ተርእዮ ተፈጢሩ ኣሎ፡፡ ኣብ ከባቢ ሽረን ሸራሮን ተፍቲሽ ጌሮም ኣብ ኢዶም መንቀሳቐሲ ፍቓድ ንዘይጸንሖም ኤርትራውያን ብዘስካሕክሕ ግፍዒ ዝተሓወሶ ኣተሃራርማ ቀጥቂጦም ምስ ደሞም ናብ ቤት ማእስርቲ ይዳንጉንዎም ኣለዉ፡፡ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ዋላ ሓንቲ ኢዱ ኣይሓወሰን፡፡ ነዚ ዝገብሩ ዘለው ፌድራል ፖሊስን ምልሻን ኢዮም።
ስለዚ እቶም ኣብ ሓድሽ መዓስከር ዘለው ኣሕዋትናውን ኣብ ሓደጋ ኣለው ማለት ኢዩ፡፡ እቶም ምስ መንቀሳቐሲኦም ዝትረኽቡ’ውን ኣይተሃረሙን እምበር ካብ ማእሰርትስ ኣይደሓኑን።
እዚ ኩሉ እናኮነ ስቕታ ማእከላይ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣይተረደኣናን። እቶም ዝጭፍጭፉና ዘለው ፖሊስን ምልሻን መን ዲዩ ዝእዝዞም???????????? ፍቐደይናታት እንተዘይኮይኖም የፍልጡና’ሞ ዝወረደ ክወድር ዓዶም ክንሓድገሎም።
በጃኹም ሽግርና ሼር ኣብ ምባልን ንዝምልከቶ ኣካል ኣብ ምኹሕኳሕን ኣይትጋደፉና፡፡
ርግኣት በየነ ኣዲስ ኣበባ
Semhar October 10, 2013
The mad dog Isayas is responsible for all these crime we should focus on him!
Our target should be the killer ድያብሎስ! Isayas and his son!
Suleman Salim,
As long as ድያብሎስ! Isayas and his son are in Eritrea misery and death will continue.
As long as we raise Isayas’s ugly flag, sorrow and loss of life will continue.
The only solution is to get rid of crazy mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas wedi Medhin Berad, and his son just like the Libyans did to Gadafi, his sons and his followers.
Eritreans should unite, raise our liberation flag, the flag of our forefathers, the flag of our martyrs and get rid the tyrant mad dog ድያብሎስ Isayas, his son and his blind followers the HIGDEF.
ERITRAWIT October 10, 2013
What a bad horror to our people been saved after this tragic they were together with there love one after few hour they been sepereted Seen there love one vanished at medtrenan sea. It is really a horror it is unimaginable yehwat Ajokum u suppose to have a good time at this age Aseb and Masawa that is why our brother and sister die for gin msmen.
solomon October 10, 2013
Amanuel hiji dea zeyitizareb ab ethiopia zichifchefu zelewo yehwatna dos eti zimiwileka weyane keyikiyemeka eka.sebiay sebiay shetit uuuuuyyyy belelom gena keyimotu .shaebiya shebiya tiray ayitibel fitihawi kun.
ERITRAWIT October 10, 2013
solomon and sulieman thank u for u information but we have better information on radio wegahta it is only one solution to all Eritrean problem.
temie October 10, 2013
Solomon u r stone head!it’s all because of ur boss isseyas shabiya.
Mike October 10, 2013
Eri-TV is not reporting it since the Italian Gov requested that they fly the bodies of these innocent kids are going to Eritrea – they cannot hide it any more. This is sick to the heart. What about the one that are gone before them, what about Sinai desert, what about the one in prison in Egypt and other places…. You have no credibility Gov Eritrea. Your mess is coming right back in your hands. God help the family of those who have lost their loved once in this tragic place….
Mike October 10, 2013
Eri-TV is “now” reporting it since the Italian Gov requested that they fly the bodies of these innocent kids are going to Eritrea – they cannot hide it any more. This is sick to the heart. What about the one that are gone before them, what about Sinai desert, what about the one in prison in Egypt and other places…. You have no credibility Gov Eritrea. Your mess is coming right back in your hands. God help the family of those who have lost their loved once in this tragic place…
Semhar October 10, 2013
Eritrawit,
The only solution is to get rid of crazy mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas wedi Medhin Berad, his son just like the Libyans did to Gadafi, his sons.
Eritreans should unite and get rid the tyrant mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas, his son,
Semhar October 10, 2013
Mike,
We should unite and get rid the tyrant mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas, his son,just like the Libyans did to Gadafi, his sons.
Semhar October 10, 2013
Mike,a,
please listen to the interview of Yemane T/Gergish, a party member of EPLF. You can get it in the YouTube.
Here is the URL address of Yamane T/Gergish All Eritreans should listen to this interesting interview!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNxe9SoSvz4
josef October 10, 2013
Amanuel pls read the news on (RT news ) about Hgdef accusation to the Washington administration about the incident in lampedusa. Zesdemm yu!
ERITRAWIT October 10, 2013
josef,even if husband and wife divorce HGDEF will say America eya gerato.
MightyEmbasoyra October 10, 2013
Nice! Good one, Ertirawit.
solomon October 10, 2013
@timei akimika eka gerka.silemintay xerifikani ele ayigohakun .gina beti atehasasibaka teshakile
solomon October 10, 2013
@timei Eri misbeal nisika dima 4 million nibehal wey gud