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Captain Carola Rackete acted within the law, Sea Watch co-founder says
Captain Carola Rackete on board the Sea Watch 3

THE co-founder of Sea Watch says that the captain of the ship that carries out the rescue charity’s work in the Mediterranean has done nothing wrong.

Captain Carola Rackete was arrested by Italian police on Saturday after putting 40 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on June 12 ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

She is now being held under house arrest for defying a law created specifically to stop her from disembarking rescued refugees.

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