Migrant rescue captain to defy Salvini and attempt to bring rescued refugees ashore

World / 26 June 2019

Sea Watch 3 skipper Carola Rackete says she knows the far-right politician will try to prosecute her but the lives of the 42 migrants on board ‘are more important than any political game’

Captain of the Sea Watch 3 migrant rescue ship Carola Rakete on deck

Ben Cowles

Web Editor

Recent

US President Donald Trump (right) gestures as he speaks next to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026

China / 15 May 2026

Xi and Trump end Beijing summit claiming progress on stabilising relations

15 May 2026

Middle East / 15 May 2026

Direct peace talks take place between Lebanon and Israel

15 May 2026

Cuba / 15 May 2026

Cubans meet with CIA chief in Havana as tensions continue to rise

15 May 2026

Australia / 15 May 2026

Australia uses new law to ban neonazi network

15 May 2026

Bolivia / 15 May 2026

Clashes erupt in Bolivia as police clash with miners

15 May 2026

Round-up / 15 May 2026

World in brief: May 15, 2026

15 May 2026

THE captain of an NGO migrant rescue ship is preparing to take on Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini after heading towards Lampedusa yesterday, intending to disembark 42 refugees.

In a post shared on the German NGO Sea Watch’s social media feeds yesterday morning, the charity called on its followers to help fundraise Sea Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete’s legal fees.

"We really need to disembark these people to a place of safety as soon as possible!" says captain Carola in her message from on board the #SeaWatch3. After six days stranded at sea with 43 rescued people, there is still no land in sight! #DefendSolidarity pic.twitter.com/ttrh6OfdK0
— Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl) June 19, 2019

Seven days ago Hermann addressed the Europeans to call on their solidarity. So far the situation worsened for the 42 people still stuck on the #SeaWatch 3. Having escaped the Libyan torture prisons, the EU deprives them of their basic human rights for 12 days now. pic.twitter.com/8qDZjQYbJk
— Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl) June 24, 2019

„Every single person rescued at sea, by law, needs to be taken to a place of safety. And a rescue is not over until every single person has both feet on land.“ Cultural Mediator Haidi on the Situation on board #SeaWatch3. pic.twitter.com/yAFP25uxiy
— Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl) June 26, 2019

Support the Morning Star

You have reached the free limit.

Subscribe to continue reading.

Become a subscriber

Similar stories

Decoding Network TV / 29 July 2025

Nautilus: the seaworthy vessel that Disney tried to sink

29 July 2025

DENNIS BROE enjoys the political edge of a series that unmasks British imperialism, resonates with the present and has been buried by Disney

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a ministerial cabinet meeting in Athens, Greece, June 30, 2025

Greece / 2 July 2025

EU to press Libya over spike in Mediterranean migrant crossings

2 July 2025

Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomes American President George W Bush to the first meeting of the G8 Summit at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, July 7, 2005

Features / 26 June 2025

Labour leaders and war: a varied record

26 June 2025

While Hardie, MacDonald and Wilson faced down war pressure from their own Establishment, today’s leadership appears to have forgotten that opposing imperial adventures has historically defined Labour’s moral authority, writes KEITH FLETT

People wrapped in rainbow flags take part in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Rome, Saturday, June 10, 2023

World / 22 May 2025

World in brief: May 22, 2025

22 May 2025