Italy is not a safe harbour for all refugees
The Meloni government is making a distinction between “real” and “fake” refugees.
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The Meloni government is making a distinction between “real” and “fake” refugees.
The Geo Barents ship, operated by the Doctors without Borders (MSF) charity and which had 248 migrants aboard, arrived in Salerno in the southwestern region of Campania, MSF said. On the other side of the country, the Humanity 1, another rescue vessel run by the charity SOS Humanity, docked in the port city of Bari after the Italian authorities agreed to grant it permission.
Italy's new right-wing government is in a standoff with the migrant rescue ship Humanity 1 after refusing to allow 35 passengers to disembark in Catania.
Since coming to power, Italy’s far-right-led government has taken a hard line against privately run maritime rescue ships operating in Italian waters.
The nonprofit Space for Humanity is accepting applications to win a free flight to suborbital space aboard its Humanity-1 mission.