I read about this earlier. Astonishing, quite astonishing. I'm not making excuses for the skipper of the trawler but wasn't there a problem a while back with a Spanish fisherman picking up the survivors of a sinking boat. Then he was not allowed to sail into port because of the illegals?

On another note, a guy who I do business with was in the Canaries last year. There he was sunning himself on the beach, sunblock 25 applied, nice cold beer in hand, when these 'people' suddenly appeared on the shore. Their boat was sinking and they were in a bad way. He said that these guys were on the verge of death. The holidaymakers ran to them, proffering bottles of mineral water. He said that he'd never seen folks in such a dire condition. He was very impressed about how the tourists responded, but like he said, "What were we supposed to do?", "They were dying in front of our eyes and we were all sat there drinking beer and eating barsnacks in our swimming trunks".

Sort of makes the 'problem' a little more human doesn't it?

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