The Polaris 3 livestock ship has sailed away from the Port of Townsville on Monday, leaving behind 12 crew members who claimed asylum in Australia as one other crewman fled quarantine, prompting an urgent manhunt. The crew were quarantined on board the ship when one crewman of Pakistani heritage made his dash away and into parts of the city unknown. After a 24 hour search, the individual handed himself into a local police station. Around this same time, 12 other crewmen, believed to be of Syrian descent according to the Townsville Bulletin, refused to reboard the ship and claimed asylum. They were detained at the Port of Townsville. They’ve all since tested negative for COVID-19, Queensland Health reported. “Eleven crew members have been tested so far, and all are negative. One further crew member has returned a negative test result as of this morning,” a Queensland Health spokesman said on Monday. …