Captain of a charity ship carrying dozens of rescued migrants arrested after docking the vessel at the Italian port of Lampedusa
In this June 29, 2019 photo, Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete is taken away in a police vehicle after being escorted off the ship in Lampedusa.
Rackete, a hero to some but a "pain in the neck" to Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, was detained for refusing to obey a military vessel, a crime punishable by between three and 10 years in jail.The 40 migrants still on board were eventually allowed to disembark early on Saturday and taken to the island's reception centre, some smiling, others in tears.
The dreadlocked woman has become a symbol of defiance and a left wing hero in Italy for challenging Salvini's "closed-ports" policy."She did exactly the right thing. She upheld the law of the sea and brought people to safety," he tweeted. After announcing she would be investigated, "the prosecution ... notified us that they will not help to bring the rescued off the ship," Rackete had said in a video statement on Twitter.Rackete had previously warned she was worried about the psychological condition of those rescued off crisis-hit Libya.
On Wednesday, as tempers on the small boat frayed, Rackete decided she had no choice but to enter Italian waters illegally to bring the remaining migrants to safety.
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