Mutinous migrants threaten to kill Italian crew after rescue

The Times ^ | 7/11/18 | Tom Kington & David Charter

[Roman_War_Criminal]

African migrants threatened to kill the crew of an Italian cargo vessel that had rescued them in the Mediterranean, in an attempt to avoid being returned to detention centres in Libya.

The Italian coastguard picked up the migrants after receiving a call for help from the ship. They were being taken yesterday to Italy where the ringleaders will be questioned by police over the incident.

The mutiny on the Vos Thalassa marked an escalation in problems in the Mediterranean after Italy’s new populist government refused entry to migrants picked up by charity boats and handed over rescue responsibilities to the Libyan coastguard.

The incident has raised new concerns for merchant sailors who face a difficult dilemma because it is illegal under international maritime law to…

[Chode]

let's hope it was a learning experience...

[publius911]

...The incident has raised new concerns for merchant sailors who face a difficult dilemma because it is illegal under international maritime law to…

It's irritating to respond to a story linked to a single "for pay" source.
But I see where this narrative was going; International Law maritime law makes it illegal to refuse to render aid on the high seas.

Something is horribly wrong with that law if criminals plucked from the sea can, with impunity, threaten the lives of the Captain and crew of the ship which saved them.

Those laws were written in a kinder, more rational time.

Today, in a politically correct world which favors the criminals and protects the pirates and other maritime thugs, ships and crews on the highs must be authorized to treat these new-world pirates the tried and true way : shoot them on sight.

Adding insult to injury just doesn't seem right, if "justice" still has meaning.

[firebrand]

Charity boats my aunt Millie.

Those are funded by people who want to destroy Europe, as Salvini keeps mentioning in his speeches.