Sea rescue NGOs Open Arms and Sea-Watch have rescued and brought ashore more than 800 migrants over the weekend. The crew of the Open Arms Uno also picked up 59 survivors and one corpse from an oil rig. 800 migrants are currently waiting on the Open Arms Uno and Humanity 1 to be assigned a port.
A group of 129 people rescued at sea by German charity Sea-Eye has been brought ashore in the port of Taranto in southern Italy. Three other private rescue vessels are currently in the Central Mediterranean with rescued migrants on board.
Humanitarian ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued nearly 300 migrants in the last few days. On Monday three vessels were waiting for permission to bring the migrants – some of them injured – to safety.
The rescue ship Geo Barents has landed in Taranto, southern Italy, to disembark 267 people rescued over the last week. Meanwhile, the Humanity 1 currently has 111 persons on board, following its first rescure operation.
In a case involving Italy and the German migrant rescue organization Sea Watch, Europe's top court has ruled that port authorities must demonstrate a threat to "safety, health or the environment" when detaining a ship.
After waiting for around one week, 380 people rescued from the Mediterranean by the humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee have been allowed to land in Italy. The rescue ship Ocean Viking was granted permission to make port at Salerno, south of Naples.
Three NGO rescue ships – the Geo Barents, the Ocean Viking and the Sea-Watch 3 – are currently waiting in the Central Mediterranean for a port to disembark the over 1,400 migrants they have rescued over the past week.
Three private migrant rescue ships carrying more than 500 people are waiting for a safe port in the Central Mediterranean. A fourth humanitarian vessel, the Nadir, has disembarked 19 migrants in Italy.
More than 470 migrants have disembarked from the ship Sea-Eye 4 in the port of Messina, in Sicily. Another 112 people rescued in the Mediterranean by the Spanish vessel Aita Mari also began disembarking on the Italian island.
More than 800 people rescued from the Mediterranean by three private ships were waiting to disembark on Monday. Other migrants were brought ashore in Italy at the weekend, as Alarm Phone warned a boat carrying around 30 was in distress and another was missing.
A Milan court has begun hearing a defamation case against Matteo Salvini. The Italian politician is charged with having damaged the reputation of Carola Rackete, who captained the Sea-Watch 3 migrant rescue ship.
The rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 started disembarking the more than 300 people its crew rescued over the past week in Pozzallo, southern Italy. The Mare Jonio was also granted permission to disembark its 92 rescued migrants in Pozzallo.