News: Italy impounds NGO rescue ship and sends navy patrol boat to Libya
The Iuventa, operated by a German NGO, is impounded at Lampedusa harbour as part of the enforcement of a controversial code of conduct. Italy has seized a rescue ship operated by an NGO and dispatched a navy patrol boat to Libya as part of an Italian attempt to end the Mediterranean migrant and refugee crisis. The twin moves came as figures revealed a surprise drop in July in the number of refugees and migrants arriving at southern Italian ports. The Iuventa, a boat operated by German NGO Jugend Rettet, was impounded on the Italian island of Lampedusa on the orders of a prosecutor based in Trapani, Sicily, the state police force said. “Inquiries begun in October 2016, and conducted with the use of sophisticated techniques and investigative technology, have produced circumstantial evidence of the motorboat Iuventa being used for activities facilitating illegal immigration,” a statement said. Earlier, the Italian parliament authorised a naval mission in support of ...
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