1.   He said the two stowaways were forced to get onto a raft made of two oil drums, with wood lashed on the top.

2.   The other two stowaways said all three were forced off the ship late Sunday after they tried to escape again.

3.   The other stowaways were held for questioning and released.

4.   Despite shivering for hours in sub-zero temperatures, the nine stowaways were in good health when discovered, and were expelled back into Italy.

5.   Several Filipino crew members then claimed that the other three stowaways had been put overboard, in the Atlantic, with just make-shift life rafts.