‘As governments continue to break their own laws,’ the former captain of the Iuventa refugee rescue ship says, the accusation they aided illegal immigration ‘are a joke’ ACTIVISTS who saved the lives of over 14,000 people in the Mediterranean Sea could be jailed for 20 years after an Italian prosecutor charged them today with aidingContinue reading “Charges brought against activists who saved the lives of over 14,000 people at sea”
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The far-right and Italian spooks spied on our rescue missions
DARIUSH BEIGUI and HENDRIK SIMON, former members of the NGO rescue ship Iuventa, describe how Matteo Salvini and the Italian secret services tried to criminalise them for saving lives at sea IT’S normal now for the NGO refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean to expect to be met with outright hostility by the EuropeanContinue reading “The far-right and Italian spooks spied on our rescue missions”
Coronavirus outbreak should not serve as a pretext to stop the Ocean Viking, charity says
The NGO migrant rescue ship tells the Star ‘no quarantine of other ships or planes have been reported’ THE coronavirus outbreak in Italy should not act as a pretext to stop a refugee rescue ship from operating, the Ocean Viking’s crew said today after it was ordered to remain at anchor off the Italian coastContinue reading “Coronavirus outbreak should not serve as a pretext to stop the Ocean Viking, charity says”
Italy’s highest court confirms NGO captain should not have been arrested for saving refugee lives
ITALY’S highest court confirmed today that a former captain of an NGO refugee-rescue ship should never have been arrested. In June last year, Carola Rackete was captain of the civil rescue ship Sea Watch 3, which is operated by the German charity Sea Watch. The ship’s crew saved the lives of 40 people from theContinue reading “Italy’s highest court confirms NGO captain should not have been arrested for saving refugee lives”
Sea Watch wins legal appeal in Italian court, freeing their rescue ship
GERMAN refugee-rescue charity Sea Watch won a legal appeal in an Italian civil court today freeing their ship, the Sea Watch 3, which had been impounded since the summer. The Italian authorities impounded the Sea Watch 3 in June after its captain, Carola Rackete, defied former far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini by entering the portContinue reading “Sea Watch wins legal appeal in Italian court, freeing their rescue ship”
Migrant rescue NGO Sea Watch demands Italy returns its ship
A GERMAN migrant rescue charity staged a silent protest outside a prefecture hall in Italy today to demand that the government release its ship three-and-a-half months after it was seized. The Italian government impounded the Sea Watch 3, owned by the charity Sea Watch, in June after captain Carola Rackete defied former interior minister MatteoContinue reading “Migrant rescue NGO Sea Watch demands Italy returns its ship”
The civil refugee rescue fleet is no ‘pull factor’
Speaking to Ben Cowles, Italian researcher MATTEO VILLA debunks the idea that search and rescue operations are encouraging people to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to Europe THE European Union recently agreed to extend its anti-human trafficking naval mission, known as Operation Sophia, for a further six months. Though ostensibly a military mission, OperationContinue reading “The civil refugee rescue fleet is no ‘pull factor’”
‘It will not be easy to reconcile how Europe is allowing this to happen’
HANNAH WALLACE BOWMAN speaks about her time on board the Ocean Viking, an NGO migrant rescue ship that has saved hundreds of lives despite Fortress Europe’s dogged efforts to stop them “I CAN’T even begin to describe how overwhelming the situation in Libya and the Mediterranean is,” says Hannah Wallace Bowman, communications manager on boardContinue reading “‘It will not be easy to reconcile how Europe is allowing this to happen’”
The Civil Fleet 