Either way, migrants rescue is becoming extremely dangerous for merchant ships

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Container ship ANNE on May 25 had to take on board some 100 illegal migrants off Libyan coast, while being en route from Malta’s Freeport to Misurata Libya. The ship interrupted her voyage and took a long leg, to pick them up. She reached Misurata anchorage on May 25, migrants reportedly, were offloaded and handed over to Libyan authorities. ANNE was berthed in Misurata on May 27.
All hell broke loose – NGOs and the UN went amok, accusing everybody and everything in “breaking Law of Sea”, which according to them, forbids to disembark rescued people at a place which may be dangerous for them. Illegal migrants aren’t subjects to Law of Sea, simply because their migration is illegal, and because they stage the disasters, endangering rescuers. There’s one more aspect of migrants story – nobody forced them to go to Libya, they arrived there out of free will, and what’s more, they paid money for the trip. ANNE was ordered to “rescue” migrants by MRCC Malta, according to snitching in the area and guiding migrants NGO Alarm Phone. After that, according to the same NGO, ANNE was ordered by responsible SAR bodies to proceed to Misurata, and disembark “rescued” migrants.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recommends that all countries “suspend all forced returns of citizens or residents of Libya, including those whose application for asylum was rejected”(!).
So, now what? They will force merchant ships to pick up migrants notwithstanding circumstances, and after that, circle around in Mediterranean for days and weeks, begging EU to take migrants off? Either way, “rescuing” migrants is becoming extremely dangerous for merchant ships. If the ship “rescues” migrants and waits to be allowed to disembark them where they want to be disembarked, in the EU, the ship is in for many troubles and risks, read previous stories. If the ship disembarks them in Libya, Master and owner may be prosecuted by UN/NGOs/leftists controlled investigators and courts.
Container ship ANNE, IMO 9347803, dwt 11808, capacity 957 TEU, built 2007, flag Portugal.

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