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

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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

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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

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