The problem is that tackling those on the boats themselves is not going to stop it. Attention has to be focused on the human trafficking OCGs.
Whilst focussing attention of the human trafficking OCGs is admirable . . . (what
is an OCG ?!) . . . it only addresses a symptom of the problem!
Focussing attention of the human traffickers, is merely a distraction, a "displacement activity", diverting attention from the root-cause of the problem . . . .
The cause of the problem, is those who VOLUNTARILY wish to cross the Sahara desert, the Mediterranean sea, mainland Europe, and sit waiting on the beach at Calais (other migrant routes are available).
No-one is forcing or cajoling them to embark upon that journey, at gun-point or by any other means of persuasion. They are not man-handled into the dinghies.
It is only the lack of robust action . . . often the acquiescence of various governments along the way, INCLUDING THAT OF THE UK . . . that positively ENCOURAGES migration.
Posted on the "what-now-for-the-eu" thread, on this "the-uk-european-migrant-problem" thread, and also on the "cross-channel-migrant-issue" thread.