I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. It's a work-around, not a solution. There is a legal duty, when at sea, to render aid as necessary to ships in distres

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. It's a work-around, not a solution. There is a legal duty, when at sea, to render aid as necessary to ships in distress. If EUFOR or the coastguard don't have an asset nearby, this doesn't absolve the responsibility, it just transfers it. We're going to end up with commercial shipping being diverted to render aid instead (as long as they've already left Libyan waters). It's not solving anything, it's just shifting the cost and burden.