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Rescued refugees reach dry land after authorities send them on a two-day detour
Sea-Eye chairman Gorden Isler says the 1951 Refugee Convention might as well be written off for good if EU countries continue to mistreat people at its borders
A mother and child rescued by the Sea-Eye 4's crew disembark the ship in Pozzallo, Italy
EUROPE’S commitment to human rights was called into question again today as an NGO ship was finally allowed to disembark 400 rescued refugees yesterday after it was forced to take a two-day detour.
The Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship saved the lives of over 400 people in just 48 hours in the central Mediterranean last weekend, without any help from the Libyan, Maltese or Italian authorities.
On Tuesday Leoluca Orlando, the mayor of the Italian city of Palermo, announced on social media that the ship could disembark the rescued in his city after Malta refused to do so.
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