A 2023 decree has severely reduced the response capacity of the NGO-run civil fleet's search-and-rescue missions, routinely putting the lives of people crossing the Mediterranean at risk.
The order, implemented by the Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi, states that once a rescue has been completed, civil fleets must immediately head to an assigned port of disembarkation without delay, using the most direct route. This stops additional rescues happening, the groups said.
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