Earlier today, the Italian authorities ordered the German-flagged rescue ship Humanity 1 to leave the port of Catania with 35 exhausted rescued men still on board. Italian authorities allowed the other 144 people rescued by Humanity 1 to disembark after a selection made on the basis of a brief physical examination by health officials sent on board by the authorities. All the people rescued by Humanity 1 departed from Libya, were refugees and migrants are at constant risk of torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detention and other abuses. “The law of the sea is clear; a rescue ends when all those rescued are disembarked in a place of safety. “It is disgraceful that the Italian government continues to assist Libyan authorities in violating their people’s human rights.

Source: Libya Today November 06, 2022 22:23 UTC