The non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée condemned yesterday, Tuesday, the restrictions imposed by the Italian authorities on humanitarian ships carrying out search and rescue operations for migrants, noting that these restrictions impose a “significant” additional financial burden. Italy’s far-right government adopted a legislative decree in January 2023 that partially blocks the activities of NGO ships carrying out rescue operations in the Mediterranean, seeking to reduce the number of migrants arriving on its soil from the coast of North Africa . Ships are now obliged to take the people they rescue to a port indicated to them, according to a system very far away, from the first operation, which de facto prevents them from making back-to-back rescues. “A consequence of people disembarking at distant ports, to reach which on average four additional days of navigation are required” is that much “more fuel” is needed, Sophie Beau, the head and co-founder of SOS Méditerranée, explained to AFP. […]
Source: News Beast
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