Captain faces trial for migrants repatriation

The captain of an Italian-flagged ship is to be tried for allegedly forcing migrants back to Libya, in the first such case in Italy. The Asso 28 supply ship picked up 101 migrants near an oil and gas rig in international waters, before taking them to the port of Tripoli and handing them over to the Libyan coast guard, according to prosecutors in Naples. The captain and a representative of the Augusta Offshore company that owns the ship are accused of violating international laws that forbid the forced return of people to...