“They say they want to save lives, but they risked killing people who were doing their job,” Mr. Salvini said. He also described the captain and the crew as “criminals,” and he railed against the government of the Netherlands for not intervening, since the Sea Watch flies a Dutch flag. Mr. Salvini said that she would be put on a plane to Berlin if she were released. Mr. Marino said his client was “very tired” because of the “intense pressure” she had been under. Riccardo Magi, an Italian lawmaker, boarded the Sea Watch on Thursday and was among the last to disembark on Saturday.

Source: International New York Times June 29, 2019 09:09 UTC