Thank you for your reading and interest in the news NGO ‘expects’ new Mediterranean rescue ship to be impounded and now with detailsHind Al Soulia - Riyadh - One of two NGOs behind a new migrant rescue vessel launching missions in the Mediterranean later this month has said it expects the ship to be impounded. The NGOs Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) and Sea-Watch have announced they would resume migrant rescues in the Mediterranean before the middle of August on board the Sea-Watch 4. The humanitarian organisations operating the ships have said European governments have been using the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to stymie rescue missions. “We know that since February, the four NGO ships that have been involved in rescue operations … were all impounded,” Ms Sahraoui explained. The Sea-Watch 4, the groups said, was bought with backing from United4Rescue, a humanitarian group funded by the German Protestant Church.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 07, 2020 16:18 UTC