@studiofox not on the seas. If they did that to these billionaires' families they'd do it to poor people too. International Laws of the Sea have provisions to force S&R irrespective of income, religion, creed, etc., for free, for all souls in dire need.
@PhilipVWilson they do and are being applied. Apart from several NGOs doing it (some getting criminal charges for it...), there are many navy and police vessels there, even from countries that don't have anything to do with the Mediterranean coasts. There are pushbacks and refusals to help, but those are against the Laws of the Seas as much as not searching for the rich people in the sub. The dissonance is that rich people don't get pushbacks nor refusals, in that I agree. @studiofox