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Distressed persons are transferred to a Maltese patrol vessel in 2013
A MALTESE soldier told a boatload of refugees last month that he would leave them to die in the water after sabotaging their engine, according to testimony about the incident published by refugee-rights activists today.
Alarm Phone, a transnational network which operates a hotline for people in distress in the Mediterranean, was contacted on April 8 by a group of 66 refugees in waters close to Malta’s search-and-rescue zone.
Alarm Phone said that it had contacted the Maltese authorities 42 times over the following two days before the refugees were finally disembarked in Malta.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
