Commissioner Cecilia Malmström urges the Maltese authorities to take action
EUROPEAN COMMISSION – PRESS RELEASE
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Commissioner Cecilia Malmström urges the Maltese authorities to take action
According to the information available to the Commission, the master of the ship M/V SALAMIS has fulfilled his humanitarian duties to save the lives of 102 people on the high sea, amongst them four pregnant women, one injured woman as well as a five months old baby.
After the rescue, the master of the ship continued its way to its port of destination in Malta.
The ship is now closest to Malta and waiting to disembark the rescued people. It is first and foremost important to save the lives of the rescued persons. Any dispute about the responsible search and rescue authority, including the involvement of the Italian and Libyan authorities, as well as the right place of disembarkation does not help the persons in immediate need. These issues should be clarified at a later stage.
At this point in time, it is the humanitarian duty of the Maltese authorities to allow these persons to disembark. Sending the ship back to Libya would be contrary to international law. The master of the ship has dispatched an urgent medical request as the injured woman needs immediate hospitalisation.
The Commission therefore urges Malta to let these persons disembark as soon as possible.
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What a sick bunch we have in charge.
Why ? No international laws are being broken.
@ Chris Mifsud … so you’re walking in the street and a pregnant women trips and falls – what do you do? Stop to assist because you’re a human being with compassion, or walk away because there is no law saying that you are obliged to help?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23589900
This should have been just a small hitch for this government, and it’s being mishandled.
Now we’ll see whether we’re push-overs and whether Joseph will send these boat people to Commissioner Malmstrom’s country.
Sow the wind reap the whirlwind.
if she wants to take these illegal immigrants, she’s welcome to them all. but she will not order Malta around. we dont take orders from Eu snobs.
No. We just reveal our ignorance by making comments like the one you made.
And please look up the meaning of the word “snob”.
What an idiot. Haven’t you realised yet that Malta is an EU member? Wake up. Il-partnerxip ma rebahx.
@ Tony – can you get into that thick skull of yours that WE ARE PART OF THE EU – sorry I used the caps locks but I had to shout these words out because I am so so frustrated.
How extremely embarrassing it is to have so many thousands of ignorant people like ‘tory’ as fellow countrymen and women.
Ara veru kollha ‘wlied’ Duminku Mintoff dawk kollha li kitbu fil FB ta’ Cecilia Malmstrom….l-istess atteggament li kien juza’ hu …hammrilna wiccna ma’ kulhadd.
Dawk kollha li jaqraw l-arikli li jinkitbu dwarna fil-gazzetti barranin, jekk ma jkunux jafu li l-gvern inbidel, jista’ jghidu ‘ dawn x’nies huma, sentejn ilu taw kontribut lil Libja fir-revoluzzjoni li kienet qamet u issa qed jimxu mod iehor.
tory, is this the best of your British sense of humour? It’s definitely not original.
Is there an Imperium Europa award in the offing?
No lesson from you is worth a smelly mouse, You see you have just had your dumping only recently. Now you just have to watch and learn from those you refer to as stupid, bye bye
The press release of the EU Commission shows how a fair society must operate.
The release was actually covering the Maltese government legally, by stating that legal issues will be dealt with later.
In time of emergency, it is the humanitarian duty that takes precedence.
Clearly, our government of clowns has no sense of proportion and priority.