Remember when we used to hang pirates? Now Somali pirates are embracing capture as a route to Europe:
Pirates captured after attacking a Dutch vessel have gone on trial in the liberal Netherlands and at least two of them have declared their intention to stay on as residents.
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But since Somalia has a record of international human rights violations it will be almost impossible to deport the men after their conviction in the Netherlands.“Life is good here,” said one of the defendants, named Sayid, about his experience in a Dutch jail.
“I appeal to the government not to send me back to Somalia. The people who live here respect human rights. I wish to settle here.”
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“He intends to send for his wife and children as soon as he is released from prison. He knows he cannot easily be sent back to Somalia. He loves it here in the Netherlands,” Mr Ausma told the NRC Handelsblad newspaper.