While it may seem that far-right politicians in Italy are driving the criminalisation of people on the move along with those seeking to support them, the problem is actually more far-reaching. She entered the port of Lampedusa on June 29 without permission, trapping a patrol boat in the process, which she later said she’d apologised for.
With 40 traumatised people as well as the crew remaining on board since a rescue at sea on June 12, Rackete decided that enough was enough and it was time to take matters into her own hands. On June 26, the European Court of Human Rights refused a request from Sea-Watch 3 to disembark migrants in Italy. The situation for those providing search and rescue in the Mediterranean is getting persistently more difficult. This followed a decree in December 2018 which abolished humanitarian protection for those arriving to Italy and led to many being made homeless. In early June, Italy passed a decree that puts vessels such as Sea-Watch 3, which is owned by the German NGO Sea-Watch, at risk of up to €50,000 in fines for bringing people rescued at sea to Italian ports. This is the latest confrontation in a longer battle launched by the Italian government against non-governmental organisations who rescue people in distress in the central Mediterranean.
Carola Rackete, captain of the Sea-Watch 3, was arrested on June 29 for docking the search and rescue vessel in Italy without permission.
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