Migrants Start Hunger Strike As Italy Stands Firm.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/italy/article-6095709/Migrants-held-hostage-aboard-Italian-coastguard-ship-begin-hunger-strike-protest.html

[david small]

They could always go back where they came from for a meal.

[jourdain2]

It's about time. If they choose not to eat - OK. They can be taken back. The Med. needs to be closed to these boats. If picked-up the people will be taken back. It will put a stop to people-smugglers and save the lives of those who are not picked up. Well done Italy!

[-SharonA-]

I like the way Italy is following Australia's way of doing things.
I can remember years ago the then PM saying he will shoot them if they landed.

[fender62]

let's face it, nobody wants them..and as fast as they arrive, african's are pumping out new ones daily, with the same quest in the future.
enforced contraception, though not practical or enforceable, the cure?
stop rescuing them..tow straight back, or sink the boats, europeans should have taken over all of africa and stayed there..the indigenous do not have the savvy to run it, even if they are educated so it seems.

[Hopkirk]

Just push the boats back onto African shores.

[naomi24]

//Migrants Start Hunger Strike As Italy Stands Firm.//

Disappointingly, Italy hasn't stood firm.

//Italy migrant row: Rescue ship allowed to disembark in Sicily//

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45310479

[Khandro]

Will the outcome be similar to that of, The Raft of the Medusa, I wonder?

[dannyk13]

Just a thought, why not two sea-going tug boats attached to incoming migrant boats and tow them back to where they came from.

[pumpjack]

let them starve !

time has past on trying to be reasonable...time to grow a set and send a clear message that they are not welcome !!

[pumpjack]

whites are being driven out , beaten and tortured in africa , islamic countries such as saudi arabia ban our faith and maybe christians have been slaughtered and oppressed in these same places and the world lets more in....

you couldnt make it up ! i fear for the future of my children i really really do.

[Fatalbertfixer]

They ha e allowed them to land
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45310479

[Fatalbertfixer]

Ooops sorry Naomi,I hadn't realized you had posted the same answer.

[ichkeria]

Sicilian prosecutors to question Salvini in Rome over allegations of unlawful detention.
Heartening news

[naomi24]

Fatalbertfixer, no problem.

[pumpjack]

" They're probably all highly educated professionals too - you know, just the sort that would be an asset to any European country."

here here naomi....we have not as yet seen any signs of this , did any of you guys see the recent youtube video of spiderman , the immigrant who climbs up the block of flats , like 10 stories to rescue a 3 year old child ( on steroids ) hanging by his fingers for approx 3-4 minutes ....spiderman and super child.

surely fake news to make us all believe that these lovely migrants are all here to make a great contribution to our " sick " society

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

I thought it was too good to be true.

/// Ireland and Albania have also reportedly agreed to take a number of the migrants in. ///

Now the need for a controlled border between Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland.

/// Italian Catholic bishops said they will care for about 100. ///

/// Announcing the end of the stand-off, Mr Salvini said the bishops were "opening their doors, their hearts and their wallets" to the migrants. ///

Mmmmm!! makes one wonder.