Migrant smugglers in Nieuwpoort

was bound to happen - although surely they must have realised someone would spot 11 extra people boarding a yacht - especially if they didn't have the right gear on!!

;-)
 
Update:

- Yacht sailed late Friday evening
- F6-7 in the Dover Straits
- Yacht was tracked by Zeebrugge radar as it was sailing a rather erractic course.
- Yacht did not respond to VHF hails by MRCC Ostend
- Police launch was dispatched to escort the yacht back to Nieuwpoort where it was boarded by the maritime police
- Turkish people smuggler got his 'customers' in Calais.
- Investigation still ongoing, but it is believed that the yacht was stolen.
 
Shoddy journalism, describing them as both migrants and refugees in the same paragraph.
Since they were Syrian, safe to assume they were refugees.
Funny how language can change perception, which is why the press insist on calling it a migrant crisis, not a refugee crisis. Makes it sound more like their own fault.
 
You can critisise the journalism but they were being smuggled illegally.

One would presume if they were refugees they had passed through and indeed were in a 'safe' country before they set sail.

Of course the could have been off on a sight seeing tour of the Dutch inland waterways :encouragement:
 
OR4751 said:
Update:

- Investigation still ongoing, but it is believed that the yacht was stolen.
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To steal a boat from Calais marina would be hampered by the lock gate, also dont think it was mine as they would have to launch it first and put the rudder back on before it sank. :encouragement:
 
steve yates said:
Shoddy journalism, describing them as both migrants and refugees in the same paragraph.
Since they were Syrian, safe to assume they were refugees.
Funny how language can change perception, which is why the press insist on calling it a migrant crisis, not a refugee crisis. Makes it sound more like their own fault.
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Humm, yes you identify a very valid point, Sir, if I may say so!

The use, often may be careless, sometimes perhaps intentional, other times quite deliberate /selective, of these various ways of describing people on the move can and does give a 'slant' to the reports and the responses to the reports.

We, I suppose often get taken in by these propaganda news reports, urg !
 
steve yates said:
Shoddy journalism, describing them as both migrants and refugees in the same paragraph.
Since they were Syrian, safe to assume they were refugees.
Funny how language can change perception, which is why the press insist on calling it a migrant crisis, not a refugee crisis. Makes it sound more like their own fault.
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As a majority of the people concerned are not Syrians, a migrant crisis is correct.
 
steve yates said:
Since they were Syrian, safe to assume they were refugees.
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IMHO, when you're fleeing a war zone (like Syria) you're a refugee till you get to a safe country.
Once you arrive in Turkey/Greece/Italy no-one is really bombing you or shooting at you.
If you then decide life in Turkey/Greece/Italy is not to your liking, you become a migrant.

When you're a refugee you deserve and should get all the assistance we can give you.
But the EU is not Club Med: once you are safe you do not get to pick and choose where you go.
All IMHO, of course.

Better knock this off before this turns into a Lounge type thread.
 
OR4751 said:
IMHO, when you're fleeing a war zone (like Syria) you're a refugee till you get to a safe country.
Once you arrive in Turkey/Greece/Italy no-one is really bombing you or shooting at you.
If you then decide life in Turkey/Greece/Italy is not to your liking, you become a migrant.

When you're a refugee you deserve and should get all the assistance we can give you.
But the EU is not Club Med: once you are safe you do not get to pick and choose where you go.
All IMHO, of course.

Better knock this off before this turns into a Lounge type thread.
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In a nut shell.

Apologies I should not have not commented further on your report we want this to remain the ECF not the lounge :encouragement:
 
Seashoreman said:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/orford_i...ntry_through_orford_quay_are_jailed_1_3790953
These guys had 7 previous trips before being caught. One of them has probably been released by now. Only the tip of the iceberg reads one comment?
I certainly wouldn't be surprised if this isn't going on around our local shores. Who would know any difference on a quiet Wednesday evening up a local creek?
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A Bavaria called Pim was caught in July 2002 having come into Shotley after being rescued by the Harwich ILB. So not all new. Illegals spotted leaving the boat by the Lockmaster, police caught them before the got off the peninsula. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/police_swoop_after_yacht_drama_1_127885
 
Stork_III said:
A Bavaria called Pim was caught in July 2002 having come into Shotley after being rescued by the Harwich ILB. So not all new. Illegals spotted leaving the boat by the Lockmaster, police caught them before the got off the peninsula. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/police_swoop_after_yacht_drama_1_127885
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That is a bit of luck !!! the police would then have been able to guide them to the nearest welfare point so they did not have to just wander about until a do gooder came to their aid
 
Daydream believer said:
That is a bit of luck !!! the police would then have been able to guide them to the nearest welfare point so they did not have to just wander about until a do gooder came to their aid
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Humm, well said Sir, perhaps they just might of bumped into someone from these ere 'forums', if from the EC than probably OK, if bumped into the 'lounge' types, then might them be into troubles, then ?
 
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