Italian authorities port of Bari (south) Doctors Unlimited (MSF)Geo Barents, hours after being rescued 190 immigrants in the central Mediterraneanin his first operation blocked for 20 days due to penalty. Shortly after liberation, Italian authorities allow landing in Bariafter the new policy, far right government Giorgia Melony, thus preventing the movement of NGO boats in the Central Mediterranean. The NGO emphasized on its social networks that the port is 2.5 days away from navigation and that there are other ports nearby.
Last night’s recovery was performed after an alert from AlarmPhone.network of activists receiving calls from embattled immigrants, Geo Barents humanitarian ship went to the area where Louis Michel had already arrived, fFunded by British urban artist banksdistributed life jackets to people on board.
On February 23, the MSF ship was placed under a 20-day blockade and 10,000 euro fine For “not providing the necessary information” after the disembarkation of migrants in the implementation of the decree regulating the activities of humanitarian vessels, approved by the Italian Government of Giorgia Meloni. This is the first provision for an NGO after the introduction of new regulations, which has already been approved in Parliament. Last night’s rescue is the first in weeks by an NGO, as no humanitarian vessels have ever been in the central Mediterranean.
Meanwhile they don’t record arrivals immigrants It reached the coast of Italy, and the Coast Guard rescued 745 people traveling on several barges this Thursday. The first operation took place early this morning when the coast guard was forced to attend. Fishing boat carrying 296 immigrants in waters outside the city Reggio Calabria (south), “on the nose of the Italian boot”.
Immediately after, coast guard intercepts a second boat with 450 migrants 100 miles (about 160 kilometers) east of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. Again today, a barge carrying around 200 migrants reached the island of Lampedusa, which is closest to the North African coast. On February 26, the waters of southern Italy, particularly the town of Cutro in Calabria, were the scene of an incident. shipwreck resulted in at least 89 dead migrants. Today’s rescues are part of a relentless wave of migration, and according to official data, 20,379 migrants have landed on Italian shores so far this year; that’s more than triple the 6,518 in the same period of 2022.