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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Italy’s migration policy is in breach of international law, say legal experts

The Humanity 1 rescue ship in the port of Catania, Sicily
The Humanity 1 rescue ship in the port of Catania, Sicily, on Sunday. Photograph: Salvatore Cavalli/AP

Italy’s new far-right government has enacted its controversial new anti-migration plan, which provides for the pushback of mostly male asylum seekers of adult age rescued in the central Mediterranean whom Rome does not deem qualified for international protection.

The move has sparked a row in the country and has provoked the protests of jurists, lawyers and charities who consider it a breach of international law on rescue at sea.

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