The Law of the Sea
Justice and Unwritten Laws
Alberto Ruiz Rojo
This is a miniseries based on a true story about the first European fishing boat that in 2006 rescued 51 sub-Saharan refugees adrift in the Mediterranean. The plot develops after this rescue and attempt to land them in Malta. The audience gets hooked by a diplomatic incident in Europe generated by the Francisco y Catalina boat and its humanitarian capitan José Durá.
This is a refugee drama which makes all privileged people think twice before fast conclusions and judgements about why people move from their original home country. Several elements of this 3-episodes series make direct and indirect reference to the diplomatic bureaucracy and how political interests can interfere in humanitarian decisions.
These events apart from shaking you from a moral perspective, they generated a European political movement to achieve a settlement between EU countries to split refugees as “illegal immigrants" in proportional portions between all member states.
Conclusion
These events apart from shaking you from a moral perspective, they generated a European political movement to achieve a settlement between EU countries to split refugees as “illegal immigrants" in proportional portions between all member states.
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João Pedro Paro
Global Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance | PhD Candidate | Internationally Qualified Attorney
