Captain and crew of far-Right 'Defend Europe' Mediterranean migrant patrol mission arrested
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The captain of the C-Star ship chartered by a group of far-right identitarian activists has been detained in Northern Cyprus along with a half dozen crew members in the latest mishap to plague the "Defend Europe” Mediterranean migrant patrol mission.
A reporter at the Kibris Postasi newspaper in Northern Cyprus confirmed to the Telegraph that the captain and his deputy were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly falsifying documents.
Other members of the crew, reportedly from Sri Lanka, have also been detained as their refugee status is reviewed. It is unclear if the vessel will be able to sail immediately with a new crew.
The ship's owner, Swedish national and UK resident Sven Tomas Egerstrom, was also being questioned in Northern Cyprus.
The asylum-related trouble for the C-Star is the latest embarrassing setback for a rag-tag group of young far-right activists from Europe and abroad who for weeks have been raising funds to bring the C-Star to Sicily in order to go on an anti-NGO mission they said was aimed at patrolling the central Mediterranean migrant route.