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Italy detains two NGO vessels for defying new migrant rescue law

Sea-Eye says Italy's law aims at criminalising NGO rescue operations [File: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters]

The Italian Coast Guard has apprehended two vessels from non-governmental organisations operating in the Mediterranean Sea, after they were found to be in breach of a new law preventing ships deployed to rescue migrants from carrying out multiple operations in a row.

A 20-day detention was imposed on the German rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go on Friday evening, said the organisations Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch that operate the vessels.

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