At the cost of how many innocent lives?? They are not criminals, or terrorists, just men, women and children seeking a better lift.
I have been in the position of that Maersk Master and can empathize with him.
In the late 1970s I was Captain of a drillship working in the South China Sea and picked up thousands of refugees. I was told to use fire hoses to keep the refugee boats away from the rig. (To let them drown, starve or be killed by pirate Like so many other did)
My reply: “Buster, you come out her and I’ll supply you with a fire hose. You spray down women and children in overcrowded boats. I’m a Seaman and we pick up people in peril, no matter who they are or why they are in danger”
Buster did not take up the offer though.
Moral of the story; It is easy to talk tough when you’r sitting in safety and air-conditioned comfort in front of your computer, making anonymous posts.
It is a lot harder when you are looking at hundreds of people packed onto unseaworthy boats, bagging for help to say “go back where you came from”.