Italian judges have ordered seven men detained in a migration hub in Albania to be transferred to Italy, in another blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing the arrival of asylum seekers.
The men arrived at the Albanian port of Shëngjin aboard a military vessel on Friday after being rescued in international waters while trying to make their way to Europe.
The Italian government had argued that all should be returned to their “safe” home countries of Egypt and Bangladesh. One man who had originally formed part of the group was already taken to Italy after he was deemed vulnerable.
“Another political sentence, not against the government, but against Italians and their security,” said the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini.
Under the deal, men from countries deemed “safe” and intercepted in international waters while attempting to cross from Africa to Europe are supposed to be held in Albania while their asylum claims are processed. The scheme, which excludes women, children and vulnerable individuals, could process up to 3,000 men a month.
They seemed to show an acceptance of loosing many of their own before.
Could be they would be willing to sacrifice large numbers of their more public group members. In order to give heretofore yet unknown/hidden members/conspirators the chance to continue their work. While the anger and outrage of the larger populace calms.
Perhaps they believe the West would loose any such contest. And while they may lose many of their own. They’ll eventually come out on top.
Maybe they’re just ignorant enough to press on ahead anyway. Not seeing any way they could loose. Many of them were born into their roles. And thereby don’t possess the wisdom, intelligence, and ruthless pragmatism their forefathers used to forge the Empire they inherited. As they were never under the same stresses that forced that trait development.
Irregardless of how the details go. The end was set in stone at the beginning. They will eventually loose. The only thing subject to uncertainty is how long the Journey to get to that inevitable conclusion is.