
Migrant Rescue NGO Wins a Legal Battle Over Italian Port Calls
A court in Trapani, Italy has handed the migrant rescue NGO community a symbolic but potentially consequential win. In a ruling this week, the presiding judge lifted a detention order on a rescue ship that had refused to divert to a distant port for disembarkation. The judge censured Italy's interior ministry for imposing an excessive penalty and praised the “humanitarian and solidarity objectives” pursued by the vessel's operators. Starting in February 2023, Italy enacted new regulations controlling the operations...
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