Forty migrants disembark on a tiny Italian island after the captain of the German aid ship which rescued them docked without permission.
The Dutch-flagged Sea Watch 3 ship docks at Lampedusa island's harbor, Italy, early Saturday, June 29, 2019. Forty migrants have disembarked on a tiny Italian island after the captain of the German aid ship which rescued them docked without permission. Sea-Watch 3 rammed an Italian border police motorboat as it steered toward the pier on Lampedusa. Italian Interior Minister branded the captain, who was taken into custody, as an "outlaw" who put the lives of the police at risk.
After 17 days at sea, the migrants hugged the crew and kissed the dock upon arrival on the island, which is closer to northern Africa than to the Italian mainland. The German humanitarian group Sea-Watch rescued 53 people from an unseaworthy boat launched by Libya-based traffickers on June 12. In recent days, 13 migrants were taken off Sea-Watch 3 for medical reasons and brought to Italy for treatment.
Democratic Party lawmaker Graziano Delrio told reporters after disembarking that Italian judicial authorities will ultimately decide if Rackete broke the law. He likened her actions to that of a driver of a Red Cross ambulance “which goes through a red light” to speed ailing patients to a hospital.
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