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Not even a comma of NGO-ship decree will change - Salvini

Not even a comma of NGO-ship decree will change - Salvini

Council of Europe called on Italy to withdraw legislation

ROME, 03 February 2023, 14:01

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Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said Friday that the government has no intention of heeding the Council of Europe's call for it to withdraw its recent decree regulating the activities of NGO-run migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean.
    "Not even a comma of the NGO decree will change," Salvini said.
    "My interest (in what the Council of Europe says) is less than zero.
    "We are a sovereign country with a parliament and a democratically elected government.
    "Instead of giving lessons, Europe should help Italy so that it is not the only place where immigrants dock.
    "It should give a hand to Italy, which has been left alone in a dramatic way".
    The Council of Europe is a human rights body that is separate from the European Union.
    The Italian government is trying to discourage NGO-run ships, saying their activities encourage small boats carrying asylum seekers to attempt the hazardous crossing from North Africa to Italy.
    Under the decree, NGO-run ships must immediately request the authorities assign them a port of safety after making a rescue, rather than staying at sea to help other people.
    They risk big fines and the impoundment of the ships if they fail to comply.
    The government has also started to allocate ports of safety to NGO ships that are some distance from their position after making the rescues.
    The Council of Europe said Thursday that its Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on January 26 expressing concerns that the decree "could hinder the provision of life-saving assistance by NGOs in the Central Mediterranean and, therefore, may be at variance with Italy's obligations under human rights and international law".
    In its reply, the Italian government said the concerns expressed by Mijatovic were "groundless".
   

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