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UK to provide £6 million to combat piracy
March 22, 2011 · 3 Comments
LONDON — Britain says it will spend £6 million pounds to tackle piracy in the Indian Ocean.
Foreign Secretary William Hague says £5.3 million pounds of this amount will go toward a United Nations counter piracy agency. It will be used to increase prison capacity in Somalia and across the region to ensure that suspects are prosecuted and imprisoned.
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The rest will fund improvements in maritime surveillance equipment for the Seychelles Coastguard. Hague said on Tuesday that with the funding, surveillance aircraft will be upgraded to take better quality video and photographs to be used as evidence in court cases.
He said about 820 Somali pirates are either serving sentences or awaiting trial around the world.
Source: AP | 22 March 2011
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i hope this money will be used wisely, a new approach that is different from the previous one.
Some of that money will go to Somaliland prisons and coast guards. Lets hope, like its aid, 40% will go to Somaliland which has done the world big favors so far with under fund coast guards.
Are we forever gonna be a people who rely on aid? And what the hell is £6 million? That's not enough to fight seagulls never mind pirates. Why is the UK government patronising us?