Malta’s armed forces storm merchant vessel taken over by rescued migrants
Maltese armed forces stand aboard the Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1, which was taken over by migrants on Thursday. By Chico Harlan Chico Harlan Rome bureau chief covering southern Europe and sometimes parts beyond Email Bio Follow March 28 at 10:22 AM ROME — Maltese armed forces on Thursday stormed a merchant vessel taken over by rescued migrants that were allegedly demanding to be transported to Europe, rather than back to Libya.
Before the operation began, the captain “repeatedly stated that he was not in control of the vessel and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a number of migrants to proceed to Malta,” the government statement said. Italy’s far right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, described the events in criminal terms, calling it a “hijacking” and the first-ever act of “piracy” carried out by migrants. But humanitarian groups and other migration experts said the events simply showed the desperation of migrants to escape Libya, where they can be bought and sold by smugglers, detained, tortured or sold into prostitution.Migrants disembark from the El Hiblu 1 tanker in Valletta's Grand Harbour on Thursday.
Migration analysts say that, as a result, a void has opened in the Mediterranean — and commercial ships are more likely to be called on to make rescues, particularly when the Libyan Coast Guard is not available or equipped.The 170-foot tanker was bound for Tripoli when it rescued the migrants.
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