He hasn’t been on duty for a month. Italian Prime Minister and far-right Giorgia Meloni has already pulsed important NGO of the to bale of the immigrants around Mediterrenian. It’s no surprise to anyone that the firm hand in immigration policy will be one of its hallmarks, but dizziness The force that stranded nearly a thousand immigrants on ships for weeks after refusing to shelter in an Italian port. He then gave them “selective landing” permission. Until, days later, it resulted in full landing. Except for one ship diverted to France, which created the first crisis of the Melony era between Paris and Rome.
“There is no precedent,” says the director of the Open Arms NGO Oscar Camps, describing it as a new twist on his perversion. international maritime lawto add: “It’s illegal to do selective landing And what’s more, it’s so serious that I don’t think they’ll ever do it again.”
Against melon they will remain unbreakable humanitarian organizations they guarantee that they have the power that the law gives them. “Recovery is not an option, it’s a obligation“, says the founder of the Catalan NGO. “They’ll find us here at sea,” says Juan Matías Gil, head of Search and Rescue in the Central Mediterranean at the NGO Doctors Without Borders. They won’t make their job any easier. More blockades, more administrative sanctions and more Everyone knows that too many legal cases will disrupt their business as much as possible.
Salvini’s case
“The law of the sea speaks clearly; all rescued should be disembarked at the nearest safe harbor and we will continue to act in accordance with international law as we always do,” says Rachele Giorgi, head of NGO in Italy. Sea-Watch. Indeed, a number of laws and conventions abound that stipulate that the person in distress at sea has the right to be rescued and taken to a safe harbor.
manager open arms He assures himself that he is concerned among the employees of the Italian sea captains, knowing that the execution of illegal orders could lead to legal problems.
Actually, whoever Italian Minister of the Interior Again, far-right Matteo Salvini has a public hearing for the same practice Meloni carried out between June 2018 and September 2019. The league leader blocked a hundred immigrants rescued by Open Arms from landing in Italy for 19 days in 2019, and in a case that faces 15 years in prison—defending the Camps—a case that had already started but suffered constant delays due to maneuvers by the camps. Salvini’s right-hand man matthew piantedosnow Meloni’s Minister of the Interior.
In addition, NGOs operating in Turkey Mediterrenian They have legal cases pending. According to figures evaluated by the organizations themselves, only two out of about twenty remain open.
despair on board
Meanwhile, the situation experienced in unauthorized ships also touched the ships. despair. Its inhabitants are immigrants who have already come from an ordeal in which they live. Libya Waiting to set foot in Europe. With lack of drinking water and food, without hygienic conditions and with low moraleThere were great tensions. Especially on the rescue ship. Doctors UnlimitedTwo people who jumped into the water with the sword of Damocles to get back after being stranded for over two weeks.
Yossouf – fictitious name– Seeing this, he said he couldn’t stand the situation any longer. selective landing, some people got off the boat and others did not. And he jumped from the ‘Geo Barents’ into the waters of the port of Catania. She is Syrian and fled the war to find a place where she could feel free and safe. He went through the hell of Libya, synonymous with torture, violence and extortion. His story to a member Doctors Unlimited. Her youngest daughter is six years old and cannot go to school at risk of bombing.
And dozens, hundreds like Yossouf.
Source: Informacion
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