At the final conference of G7 interior ministers in Paris talking is Christophe Castaner of the French government. Illegal immigration topic e, specifically, ONG. Organizations which, according to Castaner, have in some cases had "a real complicity" with smugglers.
Certainly there was no shortage of "cartel" declarations. In fact, the minister also stated that “NGOs play a key role in providing assistance to migrants”, but the statements made during the speech at certain points are direct and without too many turns of phrase: “some were in telephone contact with the smugglers“.
In short, years after the first "rescues", after tracking the positions of the organizations' ships, after politicians have supported involuntary aid to human traffickers for years, the tones seem to have changed a lot. We at Beyond the Line, Anyway, we had a similar position already some time ago.
However, involuntariness - at least for some NGOs - is now being strongly questioned even in political circles, showing an image at least in evolution. And who knows, the future may certify some organizations as openly criminal, overcoming an ideological wall that is still rather thick and full of contradictions today.
source – https://oltrelalinea.news/2019/04/05/christophe-castaner-ministro-francese-alcune-ong-complici-di-scafisti/