Migrant Boat Adrift in Mediterranean for Days

(29 Oct 09 - RV) Magistrates in the southern Italian city of Ragusa have opened an enquiry into a boat that was adrift in the Mediterranean for days with some 300 migrants on board before it was rescued by Italian coastguard late on Monday. Nearby Malta and Libya both refused to assist the boat, which was listing in heavy seas, despite receiving information last Friday from Italian coastguard that the boat was in difficulty. We spoke to Peter Verhaeghe, Migration Officer of Caritas Europa, about immigration and asylum and why Malta refused assistance...