Aid groups seek an EU commission review of migration law in Italy as it impounds rescue ships
Associated PressROME — A coalition of humanitarian groups formally asked the European Commission to review Italy’s legislation governing migration on Thursday, following the Italian government’s latest detention of a ship used to rescue migrants at sea. Emergency, Doctors Without Borders, SOS Humanity and ASGI, a legal association that studies migration, filed the request alleging that the Italian legislation raises questions about its compatibility with European Union norms and international law. The aid groups filing a complaint with Brussels cited other Italian norms requiring rescue ships to go to port after a single rescue, rather than remain at sea conducting other rescues. Meloni’s government, which accuses humanitarian groups of essentially running a taxi service for migrants, has also assigned ports of disembarkation far up on the Italian coast.