The government has targeted not-for-profit rescue organisations saving people attempting the perilous crossing from North Africa.
ROME - Doctors Without Borders said Friday it was stopping its migrant search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean as the hard-right Italian government's policies have made it"impossible" to continue."We have ceased operations on board our search and rescue vessel, Geo Barents, which had been operational since June 2021," the international NGO said in a statement.
It has passed a law requiring ships to return to a designated port -- often far away -- after each rescue, detaining and fining ships that do not comply. Since the law was brought in at the start of 2023, the Geo Barents "has spent half a year navigating to and back from distant ports", MSF said.
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