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Italy confines Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship for 20 days

By AFP
January 01, 2024

MARSEILLE: Italian authorities have detained the Ocean Viking migrant rescue vessel for 20 days over its alleged failure to follow a prescribed route after rescuing dozens of people off the Libyan coast, the ship´s operator said on Sunday.

Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking, operated by SOS Mediterranee NGO, docked at the port of Civitavecchia on July 14, 2023, after the authorities ordered the ship held for an indefinite period in port. — AFP
Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking, operated by SOS Mediterranee NGO, docked at the port of Civitavecchia on July 14, 2023, after the authorities ordered the ship held "for an indefinite period" in port. — AFP

“Ocean Viking is detained under the ´Piantedosi Decree-Law´ for the second time in two months, punishing humanitarian rescuers for carrying out the lifesaving work that European States fail to do in the central Mediterranean,” SOS Mediterranee, based in the French city of Marseille, said on X.