put to sea

However, he said that after the incident the Argentine Navy was never put to sea, adding: "If we had had to contend against not only the very brave Argentine pilots but against the Argentine navy it would have been very much more difficult."

They had put to sea three months before at a cost of around $15,000 a day.

Charities deny this, saying the migrants put to sea regardless.

Germany’s Sea Eye 4 boat was detained after bringing 114 migrants to the southern port of Salerno, and told it could not put to sea for 20 days.

The submersible had a four-day oxygen supply when it put to sea around 6 a.m.