Loaded with cars, the ship Nivin was already bound for Misrata when it picked up 93
They have been in the Misrata port ever since, with the captain and crew taking refuge on the upper decks.
One of the
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...or die trying. He said six fat merchantmen passed his group before the Nivin finally stopped.
Libya's coasties had no immediate comment on the situation.
With just one rescue ship patrolling the Mediterranean, and European ports refusing to take in rescued
The man, who identified himself only by his name, Victor, fearing for his safety, said he himself had already been imprisoned repeatedly in Libya and that his own brother had died there. He had no intention of returning, he said.
``We don't want to go out in Libya,'' he told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. ``You can come and take my dead body outside.''
Julien Raickman, who is the head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in Libya, said Europe's policy of refusing to take in rescued
Raickman said the Libyan coasties has given international organizations access to the
``We're afraid that this dispute will end in violence. The people who are on board are determined. They know that they went far and could face charges for taking control of a boat,'' he said. ``But these are people motivated by despair.''
| Not merely entitled colonists, but pirates? It becomes more interesting. |