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German rescue ship heads to Malta after Italy blocks Lampedusa port
[DW] Sea-Eye said its rescue ship Alan Kurdi will sail to Malta due to deteriorating conditions on board. They have called on Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
 to intervene in Italia's hard-line measures, saying "human lives are not a bargaining chip."

Italia has banned humanitarian vessels rescuing migrants colonists off the coast of Libya access from live-saving ports.

Sea-Eye's Marcel Ditt, who is on board the Alan Kurdi, told DW on Saturday that the boat's crew had rescued 65 migrants colonists, many of them unaccompanied minors.

The Alan Kurdi rescued the migrants colonists off the coast of Libya but refused to port in the North African country, saying the country wasn't safe and that international law required those rescued be brought to a safe port.

The Sea-Eye's decision to head to Malta comes hours after an Italian rescue ship of the humanitarian group Mediterranea disobeyed Italian orders and made port in Lampedusa.
There seems to be some confusion about who is doing what. The Jerusalem Post reports:
A migrant rescue boat docked at the port of Lampedusa on Saturday in defiance of a ban on entering Italian waters, the second NGO vessel to clash with Italian authorities in a week.

The sailboat Alex, carrying 41 migrants, declined a Maltese offer to go to Malta, as the Mediterranea NGO operating it said such a long journey would have been dangerous for the people aboard.

The boat docked at the same quay where a week ago another charity vessel collided with an Italian police boat when it decided to bring migrants ashore after two weeks in international waters.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-07
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