The organizations that went out to "rescue" migrants from boats won praise for their heroism. But now it's emerging that they were working with the very smugglers who put them on those boats. The scandal once again peels back the ugly face of the pro-migration movement and its ties to the worst elements in the world.
An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers.
Carmelo Zuccaro told La Stampa (in Italian) phone calls were being made from Libya to rescue vessels.
"We have evidence that there are direct contacts between certain NGOs [non-governmental organisations] and people traffickers in Libya," Mr Zuccaro is quoted as saying in La Stampa.
He said that telephone calls were being made from Libya and rescuers were shining lamps to direct smugglers' vessels and turning off transponders so boats could not be traced.
There's nothing especially surprising here. The "rescuers" and the smugglers share a common objective.
The "rescuers" need the smugglers to provide them with raw material for their political projects in Europe. The smugglers need the "rescuers" to convey their clients into Europe. This is the same old leftist-Islamist alliance distilled into a profitable mutual ventures.
The smugglers get paid by their clients. The "rescuers" get paid by their donors. Everyone is happy. Except the Europeans being raped and murdered by the human cargo.