Malta says its navy has seized control of a tanker ship hijacked by migrants in the Mediterranean, according to a government statement
"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. AFM Patrol Vessel P21 stopped the tanker from entering the Maltese territorial waters," a Maltese government statement said.Maltese authorities established contact with the ship's captain when the tanker was about 30 nautical miles off the coast.
Nearly 80 rescued migrants forced off cargo ship in Libya170 migrants feared dead after two shipwrecks in MediterraneanMatteo Salvini, Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, said Wednesday that Italy would not have allowed"criminals" who had committed an act of piracy to enter its ports, according to Reuters.NGO Sea Watch, which carries out search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean, criticized Salvini's comments in a press release.
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