Italian authorities stated on Wednesday they had actually penned a ship associated with migrant rescue procedures in the main Mediterranean Sea, pointing out safety and security treatment abnormalities.
Under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s conservative federal government, set up in 2015, Italy has actually taken a harder position in the direction of migrant rescue NGOs, implicating them of assisting in the job of individuals traffickers.
The Ocean Viking ship was taken while anchored in the port of Civitavecchia, northwest of Rome on the Mediterranean coastline.
“In particular, some of the crew did not possess the necessary licenses to handle the life-saving equipment aboard,” Italy’s coastline guard stated in a declaration.
The Ocean Viking is run by the SOS Mediterranee NGO, which was developed in 2015.
“After a 7h Port State Control inspection in Civitavecchia yesterday, #OceanViking has been detained by Italian authorities,” the charity tweeted, including that it was dealing with the included events “to lift the detention as soon as possible”.
(Reuters – Reporting by Angelo Amante and also Federico Maccioni; modifying by Mark Heinrich)
