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ROME: An Italian court has declared unlawful a decree imposed by Rome’s right-wing government last year allowing...

The decree allowed only the most vulnerable migrants to disembark from rescue ships

On Monday, 6 February 2023, the court of Catania, Sicily, decided that the issuance of an Italian inter-ministerial decree that imposed a ban on the

The MSF rescue ship in the Mediterranean was racing to help a migrant boat in distress on Monday, but feared doing so might break the far-right Italian government's new law on life-saving missions. 

A German NGO stated that the captain of the Humanity 1 who is legally responsible to ensure the safety of all passengers on board has declined the request to leave port with the 35 survivors. Rome said earlier on Sunday (6 November) that minors and those in urgent need of medical attention, 144 out of […]

A German-flagged charity vessel refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for th

Italy refuses to respond to requests for safe harbour from three other ships carrying 900 more people in nearby waters.

Chaos and uncertainty has resulted from the decision late Friday by Italy’s far-right-led government to close its ports to humanitarian rescue ships.

Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily.

Italy's new far-right-led government has closed its ports to rescue ships run by non-governmental groups.