Tag: Geo Barents
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EU agency criticises repression against sea rescuers: States initiated over 63 proceedings in seven years
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency criticises national authorities and courts for arresting private rescue vessels. Reprisals also take place in Germany. In the past seven years, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain have initiated dozens of administrative or criminal proceedings, obstructing search and rescue operations by civil society actors. This is according to an […]
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Sea-Eye faces punishment: Ship registered in Germany had to rescue in two distress situations
A decree of the right-wing government in Italy allows rescue operations in a maximum of one case. However, the “Sea-Eye 4” took people from two wooden boats on board. On Tuesday evening, the crew of the ship “Sea-Eye 4” rescued a total of 32 people from a wooden boat. The distress case in the Maltese […]