The Outside Interview: Robert Young Pelton
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The Laws of the Sea and the Role of Commercial Ships in Rescues
Once they're past 12 miles outside of Libyan waters and international waters any ship that encounters one of these flotillas is required to help because they're in distress. Normally a oil freighter or you know cargo ship would be tasked by a control center or a coordination center in this case roamed as all the coordination. Now we're talking about up to 800 to 6,000 people being rescued with commercial fleet overwhelmed.
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