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Africa North
EU far-right activists sail towards Libya shores to deter migrants flow
2017-07-14
Fascinating.
[Libya Observer] Far-right activists affiliated to the Pan-European Identitarian Movement ‐ a vast network of nationalist, far-right, nativist and populist movements, from La Belle France, Italia, Austria and German had set sail on board a 40-meter-long ship called the C-Star towards the Libyan coast.

The operation organizers say that they have specific political dimensions aimed at pressing the Europeans to stop the flow of migrants colonists from Libya to the European land.

An amount of $ 91,000 has been raised in an online fundraiser campaign launched in mid-May as confirmed by the conductors.

The bully boy organization launched the operation under the slogan "Defend Europe" aiming to conclude a European binding agreement to send back all migrants colonists to Libya by force.

The ship has embarked from the African port of Djibouti on July 6 where it was leased, and is to be joined by a number of activists from Catania and Sicily before arriving in the Libyan waters on Sunday.

On the other hand, the French Justice Ministry said that it had received a complaint against the organizers of the operation on the grounds of possible disruption of relief work and racial incitement.

Currently, Brussels is making efforts to persuade Italia to retreat the threat of abandoning its obligations to receive immigrants colonists.
Posted by:Fred

#6  ...Failing to assist a person in danger is a civil and criminal liability in France, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $100,000.

I would bet dollars to donuts that its NEVER been enforced in France's no-go zones.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-07-14 19:55  

#5  With the U-96?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-07-14 17:48  

#4  #3 though the campaign did not go over well with the French public
I wonder which segment of the 'French Public' was actually queried?

"All the staff in the newsroom"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-07-14 17:29  

#3  though the campaign did not go over well with the French public

I wonder which segment of the 'French Public' was actually queried?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-07-14 17:10  

#2  PayPal put a stop to the fundraising effort through their system, but the group bypassed it and raised more than their target.
To avoid legal troubles, Generation Identitaire specified on its website it would “help” any migrant in distress it encountered before returning them to the African coastline. Failing to assist a person in danger is a civil and criminal liability in France, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $100,000.

The drive was quite successful (“Defend Europe” raised around €65,000 in contributions, €15,000 more than its initial target), though the campaign did not go over well with the French public.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-07-14 14:34  

#1  Wikipedia has a page on the Identitarian Movement. From there:
As their symbol the Identitarian movement uses a yellow lambda sign, a symbol that was painted on the shields of the Spartan army and is supposed to commemorate the Battle of Thermopylae.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-07-14 14:31  

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