Maltese special forces seized control of a merchant ship on Thursday after it was commandeered by migrants who refused to be taken back to Libya, in a sign of the continuing migration tensions in the Mediterranean Sea as Europe cracks down on migration. The ship, a Turkish oil tanker, rescued a large group of people in the Mediterranean earlier in the week. The migrants hijacked the ship and steered it toward Malta when they realized they were being taken back to Libya, according to Maltese and Italian authorities. At least...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 28, 2019 12:45 UTC