- Title: No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey
- Date: 14th September 2017
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 14, 2017) (REUTERS) KAUNAS SEAWAYS FERRY DOCKED AT PORT VARIOUS OF SHIP VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON DECK VIEW OF SHIP AT PORT
- Embargoed: 28th September 2017 17:45
- Keywords: at sea ferry operator docked ship foreign ministry regugees Turkey migrants North Africa Denmark Ukraine
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016YKL6IV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Twelve migrants, believed to be from North Africa, have been sailing on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them.
According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide.
DFDS has hired Turkish guards and invited authorities from the United Nations aboard to question the men of which they believe at least six are Moroccans and four Algerian. The origin of the remaining two is still unknown.
The Danish Foreign Ministry has opened negotiations with Turkey, Ukraine and, since the ferry is sailing under the Lithuanian flag, with Vilnius. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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