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11 Mar 2024 06:00

🔴 Almost 5.000 applications for new residency permit in Greece
>https://archive.is/11LGt

🔸 In 2023, Greece approved the law 5078/2023, which in its article 193 allows that illegal immigrants that had been living in Greece for at least three years prior to the creation of the law can get a Residence Permit as long as they have a Job Offer and clean criminal history

🔸 According with the reports, until last week over 800 of the 4790 applications had been approved and the rest were still under evaluation

‼️ The law got into effect in February 2024, therefore in a little over a month there were already 5000 applications

👉 The law itself and even Art. 193 is too extensive to be fully explained in this post since this article alone has 13 paragraphs, the full text of the law can be read here (in Greek)

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04 Mar 2024 06:00

⚠️‼️ IMPORTANT ‼️⚠️

🔴 2023 broke a 7 year record of Asylum Applications
>https://archive.is/dOkbk

🔸 According with the EUAA (European Union Agency for Asylum), 2023 broke a 7 year record with over 1.14 million, the most Asylum Applications since 2016 which was considered to be the height of the immigration crisis with 1.3 million between 2015 and 2016

🔸 Most applicants declared to be Afghans and Syrians. It was a 18% increase from 2022

‼️ Countries with the most applications:
🇩🇪 Germany received the most applications - 334,000
🇫🇷 France - 167,000
🇪🇸 Spain - 162,000
🇮🇹 Italy - 136,000

‼️ Countries with the most applications proportionally
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇦🇹 Austria
🇬🇷 Greece

‼️ Cyprus received the most applications proportionally, 12000, representing 1 for every 78 inhabitants, Germany in comparison, received 1 for every 252 inhabitants. The EU average is 1 for every 400

👉 Previous post: 2022 had the most applications since 2016

👉 Next post on this subject

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25 Feb 2024 06:00

🔴 Gavdos, the Greek Lampedusa?
>https://archive.is/EDkD2

🔸 Gerd Heller from Deutsche Welle, points out that recent numbers show that the Greek island of Gavdos, south of Crete, has become popular among immigrant smugglers. The island is under the administration of Chania, a region of the island of Crete.

🔸 The number of illegal immigrants aiming for Crete has increased in the first weeks of 2024, out of those illegal immigrants, most of them arrived in Gavdos and were then transferred to Crete.

‼️ 612 illegal immigrants arrived in Gavdos within the first 7 weeks of the year

‼️ The island has a total native population of 120 residents

🔸 Crete/Gavdos is not only targeted by north african smugglers but it is also a place where smugglers from Turkey choose to go in case their journey from the Turkish coast towards Italy does not go as planned or simply as a way to save resources while delivering the immigrants to Europe

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08 Feb 2024 09:00

🔴 After a fight at an immigrant camp in Serres, immigrants threw rocks at the ambulance
>https://archive.is/wrOKL

🔸 Recently riots and fights have become very common in immigrant camps in Greece, this week started with yet another fight, two immigrants were injured

‼️ As soon as the ambulance arrived, it was attacked with rocks, damaging the vehicle and causing injury to the driver who was later also examined

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🟢 It's impressive how society tolerates the existence of these camps in Greece, from destruction of olive groves, destruction of virgin forests to build more camps, crime increase and endless violence both inside and outside the camps. All of it paid by honest citizens, allowing their taxpayer money to be wasted with people who hate Greece, Greeks and contribute nothing to this great country

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08 Feb 2024 06:00

🔴 This week Greek farmers have started to mobilize and block roads across the country, the government agreed to negotiate
>https://archive.is/NOsn9
>https://archive.is/NvJjN
>https://archive.is/16Ztv
>https://archive.is/QkZhw
>https://archive.is/6qsRL
>https://archive.is/yruO0

🔸 After Greek farmers blocked roads in Thessaloniki (second largest city in the country) and many other farmer groups blocked roads in smaller municipalities, the government has agreed to dialogue as long as there are no more roadblocks

‼️ Most blockades were very short, lasting at best a couple of hours

🔸 The first Blockade was in Larissa on Tuesday. The Thessaloniki - Neo Moudania road was also blocked. Farmers used tractors to breach a police barrier in Egnatia Road to block it

‼️ The gov of Larissa denied even discussing the demands, farmers then proceeded to burn straw bales, pallets and tires

⚠️‼️ The farmers are making their way to Athens

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24 Jan 2024 06:00

🇬🇷☦️❌🏳️‍🌈 Greek Church Condemns Bill to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that it is “strongly opposed” to the Greek government’s promised bill on same-sex marriage and adoption.

“The initiators of the bill and those who agree with it are promoting the abolition of fatherhood and motherhood and their transformation into neutral parenthood, the disappearance of gender roles within the family and the placing of the sexual choices of homosexual adults above the interests of future children,” the Holy Synod said in a press release.

The conservative New Democracy government has promised to bring forward a bill allowing same-sex civil marriages, although it is still unclear when it will be tabled.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the Greek public broadcaster ERT that the bill will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt, but not to have children through surrogacy.

🔗 https://balkaninsight.com/2024/01/23/greek-church-condemns-bill-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage/

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22 Jan 2024 06:01

‼️⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️‼️

🔴 The number of illegal immigrants that entered Europe in 2023 is the highest since 2016
>https://archive.is/b57qU

🔸 According with FRONTEX (not very trustworthy) the number of illegal immigrants entering the EU in 2023 rose 17% compared to 2022, the highest since 2016, the total was of about 380 000 illegal immigrants (detected), 41% of which entered Europe through the Central Mediterranean

🔸 The data released confirms a trend of steady growth over the past three years

‼️ Syria, Guinea and Afghanistan are the top three nationalities with the most illegal immigrants BUT only represent 30% of the arrivals

‼️ Only 10% are minors

‼️ Only another 10% are women

👉 Previous post: First three quarters of 2023 had the highest asylum applications since 2016 (801,459)
👉 Previous post: 2023 had an immigration increase of over 400% in Greece compared to 2022

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12 Jan 2024 06:59

🔴 Turkish lawyer involved with illegal sale of property in Occupied Cyprus arrested in Italy
>https://archive.is/oG1i3

🔸 A warrant was issued against the Turk, Hakan kurshat, by Cyprus in 2007 as the lawyer was connected to the illegal sale of properties in Occupied Cyprus to foreigners or Turkish occupiers. Other Turks were also involved and now avoid traveling to Europe so they wont get arrested

🔸 Hakan Kurshat was arrested in Rome on December 30 and is being held by the Italian police pending extradition to the Republic of Cyprus to face trial

🔸 "If Kurshat is not released or if the Italian authorities hand him over to the Greek Cypriot administration, the reputation of the tdvk (pseudocracy) will be damaged and unrest will be caused among the Turkish Cypriots . Furthermore, these arrests will continue" - said the president of the Nationalist Democratic Party of Occupied Cyprus while criticizing the government for not taking any actions after the arrest

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15 Dec 2023 13:36

🔴 🌚 New legislation will grant legal status to illegal immigrants after 3 years of staying in Greece

A new type of residence permit for migrants is created by Article 4 of the amendment submitted today to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's insurance bill. The amendment was submitted by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and concerns third-country migrants living in Greece.

According to information from parapolitika.gr, this amendment provides that third-country migrants who have been residing in Greece without a permit until November 30, 2023, for three years, now have the right to be granted a legal residence permit by the Secretariat of the Decentralized Administration.

It is noted that until now illegal migrants, i.e. those who had not applied for asylum or had been rejected, could under very strict conditions apply for a residence permit, and in particular only if they had completed 7 years of continuous presence in the country.
Now, article 4 simplifies the requirements and those who have entered illegally until 30.11.23 and have stayed 3 instead of 7 years in the country, can acquire a special residence permit for themselves and their families. So the requirements are reduced by 4 years.

This development seems to be linked to the fact that there is pressure for labour, especially for agricultural workers, with the government coming to intervene catalytically in this matter. It is estimated that around 28,000 workers are affected by this measure.

Source: Parapolitika (in Greek)

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27 Nov 2023 06:32

These statements and possibly future actions might set important precedents on how to deal with illegal immigrants and 'asylees', something that has been called for a long time using mechanisms that are already recognized in most countries once naturalized citizens may lose their citizenship and residency permits are even easier to revoke

Nevertheless, actions have more value than words, Sweden is still to take strong action against immigrant gangs or even immigration as a whole

Hopefully with the implementation of such ideas, this would validate and attract the attention of other European countries to the point where this would finally become common practice

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21 Nov 2023 06:00

🔴 Immigrant smugglers advertise that they use yachts to smuggle immigrants to Europe

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20 Nov 2023 08:01

🔴 Two people arrested in Rhodes after yet another attempt by illegal immigrants to block passenger ships
>https://archive.is/J7YEf

🔸 For what seems to be the third time, hundreds of illegal immigrants went to the port of Rhodes and blocked a passenger ship from leaving, delaying the departure for 50 minutes

‼️ Two immigrants were arrested for further inciting the group to keep the blockade

🔸 This is not the first time illegal immigrants did this demanding to be transferred to mainland Greece instead of immigrant camps in Rhodes, the absolute failure of the government in preventing that hundreds of immigrants reach the port time after time is something strange

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30 Oct 2023 08:00

🔴 A gang was arrested in the Greek island of Samos for providing fake documents to immigrants
>https://archive.is/HPZjO

🔸 The gang was composed of 5 people of foreign nationality (not specified) who provided fake documents to immigrants entering the island illegally, using the documents provided, the illegal immigrants would be able to travel to mainland Greece or even other European countries

🔸 The gang first bought real passports and other documents from Attica and altered them or used them to make fake ones

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23 Oct 2023 07:00

🚨⚠️‼️ IMPORTANT ‼️⚠️🚨


🔴 The immigration increase to Greece in September 2023 is 443% compared to 2022
>https://archive.is/KG0EU

🔸 According with data released by the Greek Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the increase in immigration for the first 9 months of 2023 is of 170% compared to the same period of 2022

‼️ September alone saw an increase of 443% compared to September 2022

🔸 The report also notes the increase of 111% in Asylum applications and an increase of 66% of immigrants living in immigrant camps in Greece which went from 18,438 to 30,535. The camps in Greek islands saw an increase of 294% of immigrants in its camps

‼️ From 1/1/2023 to 30/9/2023 a total of 35,735 asylum requests were filed. Of these, 23% concern minors, 60% are aged between 18-34 and 17% between 35-64

‼️ 86% of the 53,033 requests (made between Sep 2022 – Sep 2023) are initial and 14% are second attempts. Of these, only 2,810 were submitted by 'unaccompanied minors' (5.3%)

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16 Oct 2023 07:00

🔴 Asylum applications had a dramatic rise in the first three quarters of 2023, the highest since 2016
>https://archive.is/udFyn

🔸 According with Die Welt, from January to October 2023, over 801,459 asylum applications were filed in the EU with a dramatic increase if compared to 2022 (they did not specify by how much)

‼️ According with the report the countries that had the largest increase in applications were:
🔺🇱🇻 Latvia (+168%)
🔺🇪🇪 Estonia (+119%)
🔺🇩🇪 Germany (+74%)

✅ The countries that registered a decreasing number of applications were:
🔻🇩🇰 Denmark (–56%)
🔻🇲🇹 Malta (–54%)
🔻🇨🇾 Cyprus (–52%)
🔻🇦🇹 Austria (–41%)

🏆🇭🇺 Hungary according with the report is the country that received the least applications (26)

‼️ It is important to note that Latvia and Estonia might have received the most applications due to Belarus facilitating the entry of immigrants into their territory

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04 Mar 2024 06:05

🔴 2023 immigration by countries of origin

🔸 Across Europe, Syrians* made 181 000 Asylum applications, Afghans** followed with 114 000 applications (11% less than in 2022) and Turks have filed 101 000 applications (81% more than 2022, mostly in Germany)

‼️ The approval rate in 2023 was the highest since 2016, with around 46% of applications being accepted (applicants can appeal and resubmit again while still in Europe, a process that generally takes over two years)

⚠️‼️* 80% of applications from so called Syrians are approved, which is why many immigrants claim to be Syrian in order to receive asylum, although they have a few more obstacles to receive citizenship and permanent residency, interviews from as back as 2016 showed Pakistanis and even sub-saharan africans claiming to be Syrians

⚠️‼️ ** 61% of applications from so called Afghans are approved and they receive refugee status due to supposed persecution by the Taliban

👉 Previous post on this subject

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25 Feb 2024 08:02

🔴 EUROPOL took down a ring of smugglers operating from Germany, Belgium and France
>https://archive.is/DAFDl

🔸 The operation was named Task Force Wave, and had around 600 police officers in total working on it

🔸 The gang smuggled immigrants from continental Europe to the UK

‼️ 28 locations in Germany were raided and 12 boats
🔺179 life jackets and dozens of children's jackets seized
🔺 11 outboard motors
🔺 10 engines
🔺 almost 60 electronic devices
⚠️ Firearms were also seized

‼️ The leader of the Iraqi-Kurdish Gang along with five other high rank individuals have been arrested

🔸 A total of 19 people were arrested

🔸 The gang bought cheap inflatable boats from China and imported them to Germany in a complex operation, they transported the boats by car to Belgium where they would transport immigrants

‼️ The gang charged between €1000 and €3000 per person

🟢 /GBG/ - It's almost as if they want to show some work before the elections

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10 Feb 2024 06:00

🔴 Turkey reschedules conversion of Chora Church into a mosque
>https://archive.is/hZst1

🔸 The official conversion of Chora was scheduled for the 23rd of February, when the first muslim prayer would be conducted, but the Turkish state recently denied it

🔸 The new announcement says the 'restoration' is in its final stages and that the Church will be dedicated for Islamic worship by May of 2024

‼️ The church of Agios Sotiros in Chora, the catholicon of what was once a monastic complex, dates from the 6th AD. The most elaborate mosaics and frescoes were created from 1305 to 1320

‼️ It is the monument with the most elaborate Byzantine mosaics in Constantinople, along with Hagia Sofia and the Monastery of Pammakaristos

🇹🇷 It was converted into a mosque in 1511 and later in 1945 into a museum, with Erdogan announcing in 2019 that it would become a mosque

(w/ images)
👉 Chora's Byzantine tombs HERE
👉 Chora's conversion process HERE
👉 Erdogan Islamic prayer plan in Chora HERE

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08 Feb 2024 06:05

⚠️‼️ IMPORTANT ‼️⚠️

🔴 What are Greek Farmers demanding
>https://archive.is/yruO0

🔺 Reduction of production costs with measures such as:

👉 Establishment of rural tax-free oil

👉 Ceiling of 7 cents/Kwh in the agro-livestock stream

👉 Subsidy of means, supplies and animal feed and abolition of VAT

👉 The New CAP should not be implemented and renegotiated

👉 Replenishment of lost income in crops that have a production loss that is not covered by ELGA as well as plant and animal products that were sold below production costs. Compensation from ELGA for all damages and diseases at 100% of the actual damage and not the insured value

👉 Measures to be taken and controls to be carried out by the Government to stop the "Hellenization" of plant, animal & beekeeping products

👉 Prices that cover production costs so that we have income for our livelihood and cultivation needs

👉 Infrastructure projects for the anti-flood shielding of the Country.

‼️ Other demands about floods HERE

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29 Jan 2024 06:00

🔴 Greek Ministry of Immigration calls for increased policing in immigrant camps
>https://archive.is/l9tM7

🔸 The Ministry wrote a letter calling for the increase of Policing in immigration camps due to juvenile delinquency surge among immigrants

‼️ Sadly most of the letter's proposal ask for half measures, most of them being 'more education', 'more professional supervision of minors' and many other "solutions" that have nothing to do with preventing or punishing wrongdoing

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🟢 The current Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Daniel Esdras, is the former head of the UN's IOM (International Organization of Migration) and ever since he was appointed as a minister, the reports and actions of the immigration ministry have become a lot more permissive and contribute more to increase immigration rather than to prevent it

👉 Previous post on who Daniel Esdras is
👉 Previous post on IOM asking for more money for more immigration programs

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23 Jan 2024 06:00

🔴 UN Organization launched campaign to receive 7.9 BILLION to 'protect illegal immigrants'
>https://archive.is/zAn1W

🔸 UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its first appeal to raise $7.9 billion to boost its efforts to protect illegal immigrants, limit the 'displacement of civilians' and 'expand legal migration routes'

🔸 "There is strong evidence that migration, when properly regulated, contributes greatly to global prosperity and progress [...] Above all (this money) will help expand IOM's development work, which will help it prevent further displacement" — Amy Pope, head of the IOM

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12 Jan 2024 08:59

⚠️🚨 IMPORTANT 🚨⚠️

🔴 2023 saw a 50% increase in immigrant arrivals in Italy according with government data
>https://archive.is/EDFxO

‼️ According with the Italian government, in 2023, 155,754 illegal immigrants entered the country, the month with the most arrivals was August which registered 25,673 arrivals

🔸 In 2022 the total of arrivals was of 103,846 illegal immigrants

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25 Dec 2023 07:00

🎄Merry Christmas 🎄

/GBG/ wishes all its readers Merry Christmas and a happy new year

This year has been rather quiet although that does not mean things are improving or that they are not changing, we have been covering news and debunking propagands since the Evros Crisis of 2020 and hope to continue doing so in the future as well

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11 Dec 2023 06:02

🔴 Immigrants turn camp in the Greek island of Kos into a battlefield
>https://archive.is/XYSnt

🔸 Three palestinians aged 24, 22 and 22 and an 18-year-old Egyptian have been arrested

🔸 Several immigrants damaged the doors and beds of almost every room in their wing, they also emptied the fire extinguishers all over the building. When staff tried to intervene they were attacked with bottles and other objects including fruits. The immigrants then tried to breach the metal fence to flee but failed

🔸 There was no apparent reason for the incident, the four arrested were the ones who managed to climb the fence and flee before the authorities arrived

‼️ The reason is clear and happens regularly, immigrants willingly damage their own camps so that the government is forced to transfer them elsewhere, it was the case for every riot and every fire in every camp in Greek islands and even in Thrace where immigrants attempt to be moved closer or in big cities

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27 Nov 2023 05:59

⚠️‼️ IMPORTANT ‼️⚠️

🔴 Sweden is looking into revoking citizenships of immigrants
>https://archive.is/uJj9u

🔸 In a surprising move, Swedish SD spokesman said that the government will look into ways to revoke residency permits of immigrants who do not live an 'honest life'

‼️ Some examples would be immigrants liked to Welfare Fraud, Debt, Drug Addiction, Obtaining income from illegal activities and being liked to extremist organizations that threaten Swedish Values

👉 "A basic principle of Swedish immigration law is that only Swedish citizens have the inalienable right to reside in Sweden"

⚠️ Justice Minister Gunnar Strömer stated that he requested a report on revocation of citizenships especially in cases of serious crimes, terrorism or if the immigrant lied when applying for citizenship

👉 In some cases revoking citizenship would make some people stateless. "Personally, I have no objection. But that will be looked at and we will see what the conclusion will be"

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20 Nov 2023 10:00

🔴 Erdogan goes in another rant against the Western World, claiming the west has a crusader mindset that wants to confine and damage Turkey and the islamic world, but that Turkey will not let that happen

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20 Nov 2023 06:00

🔴 EUROPOL arrested 11 people smuggling immigrants from Greece to Northern Europe by plane
>https://archive.is/w4sRg

🔸 The smugglers were based in different countries, 8 in Belgium, 2 in Greece and 1 in Sweden and had 16 'travel agencies' as fronts for the smuggling operation, 12 in Belgium and 4 in Greece

🔸 Authorities seized phones, laptops and digital evidence, two boxes of fake passports and nearly €200,000 in cash.

‼️Illegal immigrants paid at least 5,000 – 6,000 euros to reach Norway from Greece

‼️ The gang was comprised mostly of Egyptians and Syrians, the smuggling route was from Greece to Belgium and from Belgium directly to Norway or Sweden, where they would then move to Norway. They use the 'Hawala' system to transfer the money and thus evade many banking controls

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30 Oct 2023 06:00

🔴 400 illegal immigrants block passenger ship from leaving the Greek Island of Rhodes
>https://archive.is/4YcK2
>https://archive.is/3COFZ

🔸 The illegal immigrants marched down to the port and demanded their transfer to mainland Greece, they entered the port and got in front of the catapult of the ship, not allowing the departure

🔸 The regional governor heavily criticized the local authorities saying "not everyone did their job, this was the result"

‼️ The illegal immigrants were taken back to the camp and the ship was able to depart with a delay of HOURS, illustrating the incompetence of local authorities

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16 Oct 2023 11:00

🔴 Turks in Occupied Cyprus turned a church into a Boxing Gym
>https://archive.is/kGxyN

🔸 In yet another showcase of what Turks stand for, they converted the church of Agia Anna, in occupied Kythrea, into a boxing gym. Completely painting the walls and remodeling the structure

‼️ The church was converted into a mosque after the invasion but after the construction of a new mosque across the street, Cypriot refugees and the Church itself funded the restoration of the church, repainted the walls and Liturgies were also held

‼️ Recently the occupation authorized Turkish settlers to remove the iconostasis from the church and remodel it as a boxing gym. Appeals were made to the UN which did nothing as usual

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05 Oct 2023 07:01

Italian NGO Mare Jonio receives a bribe of €125,000 to dump illegal immigrants in Italy. In the interceptions of the judiciary, the captain of the NGO, Luca Casarini "We earned €125,000 for 27 immigrants! We made a splash, let's open the champagne!" In practice they received a transfer of €125,000 from a Danish oil tanker to unload the illegal immigrants in Italy. The captain, Luca Casarini, is a multiple criminal awarded by Pope Francis for the "saving" of immigrants.