The German aid organization, the Sea-Eye has once again rescued migrants in the Mediterranean sea and is looking for a safe haven. But Italy goes back to confrontation. “Will you go to Hamburg”, says the Minister of the interior Salvini.

The German aid organization, the Sea-Eye has taken in the Mediterranean sea according to its own figures, more than 60 migrants on Board your rescue vessel. Among the Rescued women, a child and a Baby, the relief organization said.

The rescuers had been advised on the Morning of the Organisation of alarm phone to the rescue case and would have found then the disabled boat.

The rescue control centres in Italy and Malta, had previously, in the offer of Sea-Eye to search for the Missing, to the jurisdiction of the Libyan coast guard referred to. This however was not to reach, said the organization. Now the “Alan Kurdi”, which sails under the German flag, wait on the allocation of a safe Harbor. The Foreign office had been turned on.

criticism of Salvini

The Italian interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, let the rescue crews, but immediately rebuffed. “Ship flying the German flag, a German NGO, German ship owner and captain from Hamburg,” explained Salvini. “She has interfered in Libyan waters and calls for a safe haven. Well, then you should go to Hamburg.”

Italy had denied, such as Malta NGOs in the past months to Create your ships with the rescued migrants. Some of them were blocked for days in the Mediterranean, to a distribution with other European countries, was found for the Rescued. On a long-term mechanism to ensure the EU could not agree.

Sea-Eye was not far from the Libyan coast to 50 people, the missing since Monday night. According to the spokesperson of the International organization for Migration, Flavio Di Giacomo, there was neither you nor 41 migrants on 23. March from Libya, a sign of life had departed.

64 Rescued on Board: Italy says no to a German aid ship
Jörg Seisselberg, ARD Rome
03.04.2019 21:20 PM

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