Re: Pirates can claim UK asylum

Bill Turlock wrote:
> 
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3736239.ece
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/5dy2oj
> 
> THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas,
> has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because
> doing so may breach their human rights.
> 
> War****ps patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off
> Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured
> pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
> 
> The Foreign Office has advised that pirates sent back to Somalia
> could have their human rights breached because, under Islamic
> law, they face beheading for murder or having a hand chopped off
> for theft.
>
The Royal Navy should just sink the pirate vessels.



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