Migrants, difficult situation for three ships Mediterraneo, which has a total of almost a thousand people on board Mediterranea Saving Humans, which is making an appeal to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and to Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. “We ask the Italian government to immediately assign the ships Ocean Viking, Humanity1 and Geo Barents to the nearest port for disembarkation of the shipwrecked, as required by international law. Any further delay in the disembarkation of vulnerable persons who have already been victims of inhumane treatment in Libya and who have been tried during the crossing must be considered the direct responsibility of the authorities involved. On the three humanitarian ships, 985 children, women and men have been waiting, as the NGO recalls, for “10 days off the coast of Sicily, waiting for a safe port. Bad weather conditions with storms and waves up to 6 meters high are expected in the area for the next 48 hours ».
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The ship Ocean Viking, which has rescued 234 migrants on board off the coast of Libya in recent days, has appealed to Greece, Spain and France for help. “Despite repeated requests to the rescue control centers in Malta and Italy – says the NGO Sos Mediterranee – the ship has not yet been shown a safe port”, “which remains uncertain”. “This blockade at sea – emphasizes the coordinator of the NGO Nicola Stalla – is not only morally shameful, but disregards important legal provisions of international maritime law and humanitarian law.”
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“We are following the situation closely and have seen that there are three ships with people on board who have asked for help. The Commission is not responsible for coordinating “rescue operations at sea”, but it should be stressed that there is a moral and legal obligation “on Member States to rescue people at sea. That said the spokeswoman for the EU Commission, Anitta Hipper, when asked about the cases of the ships Humanity and Ocean Viking.
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“Where should a Norwegian ship go? Quite simply, in Norway … », said Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini in a tweet on the case of the Ocean Viking with 234 people on board in the Mediterranean.
Where should a Norwegian ship go? Easy, in Norway… https://t.co/8crvXcIIfp
– Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) November 3, 2022