text: I don't mind him using an interpreter. He may have functional English, but he may  want to protect his rights to not mis-speak in the courtroom.
  
  However, I don't believe his story. It is one thing to be put in charge of a rubber dinghy and told to steer it towards a visible island two miles away (the Turkey - Lesbos run). It is quite another to actually steer the ship across the biggest ocean on earth.