The law which was brought in earlier this year by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a bid to curb boat arrivals, even though charity ships only pick up a fraction of the total saved.
Italian authorities are also instructing ships to head to more distant ports, in some cases hundreds of kilometres away. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Italy has impounded a rescue ship operated by a German NGO, the third charity boat sequestered this week under tough new migration rules introduced by the country's right-wing government. The temporary seizure of the three vessels, all held at port after completing rescue operations in the central Mediterranean, comes as migrant arrivals to Italy continued to soar despite efforts by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to halt the flow.
Germany's Sea Eye 4 boat was detained after bringing 114 irregular refugees to the southern port of Salerno, and told it could not put to sea for 20 days. It was also fined almost $3,240, the Sea Eye group said in a statement on Wednesday.
" is a politically motivated attack on humanitarian action, and one that will cost lives," said Arnaud Banos, head of mission on Sea-Eye 4.
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