Originally Posted by
procne
I already said it 2 times at least. They can't drop them in Libya. Because:
1) Libyan authorities will not allow them into a port, or will not allow the non-italian crew to leave the ship.
2) They can't land on the shore, because they are ships, not rowboats (I doubt they would be allowed into Libyan territorial waters anyway)
3) Attempt to drop them into water near Libyan coast would result in a melee fight.
If they are an italian ship then they're able to dock in Italy only. The ships are italian territory, and with no documents those people have to be processed by the immigration office.
Look, if you have some serious idea about how to deal with it, with the current state of international and maritime law then I'm open for discussion. But right now, once those people are on board there's not much that can be done. Only if they had Libyan documents, or if they had other country's papers, and that country's embassy in Libya agreed to take them in, they could be dropped off in Libya. If they have none then they have to be taken to the ship's original port and handed over to authorities there.
Right now the most that could be done is avoiding that part of the sea by the commercial / private ships. Which probably won't happen - from what I know those are fishing waters.