Germany to Criminalize Migrant-Ferrying NGOs
NGOs could face up to 10 years in prison for facilitating illegal entry to the EU, even if Berlin says that’s not its intention.
NGOs could face up to 10 years in prison for facilitating illegal entry to the EU, even if Berlin says that’s not its intention.
The traffickers charged €2,400 per person for safe and comfortable travel, and only pretended to have found the migrants in rafts once they reached Italian waters.
Time will certainly tell whether the Left Party’s left-liberal shift will end up paying electoral dividends or whether it will have the opposite effect and precipitate the long-anticipated split within the party.
The Italian authorities cite safety concerns for the “indefinite” detention, but the SOS Méditerranée believes it was a politically motivated move to hinder their operations.
Responding to the Council’s claims that the decree violates international law, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, “the modus operandi of the NGOs falls outside the scope foreseen by international conventions for rescue at sea.”
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