African fishermen left in murky legal waters after trawler sinks off Aran Islands

The trawler on which they were working sank early last Sunday off the Aran Islands and the men, along with the boat’s captain, were airlifted to safety. File picture: David Creedon

Four African fishermen are stranded in Galway in legal no-man’s-land after their trawler sank last Sunday. 

The men were recruited in their native Ghana last year under a UK visa system, but ended up working on an Irish-registered vessel.