The detention of a German rescue ship in Italy has reignited a long-running dispute over the role of private vessels rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. Italian authorities detained the Sea-Watch 5 for 45 days last weekend and fined the German organisation operating it €7,500.
On 13 August, the vessel rescued six people in the Mediterranean and, according to Sea-Watch, encountered an unidentified armed boat and documented the deaths of eight people.
The Italian Interior Ministry said the vessel was detained for failing to inform the Libyan coastguard about the rescue operation.
Sea-Watch said it planned to appeal against the detention…
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