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Italian authorities slam detention order on GeoBarents
Italian authorities have slammed GeoBarents with a detention order.
MSF Sea disclosed this via its X handle.
GeoBarents is MSF Sea’s rescue ship.
The MSF Sea’s post on the detention order reads: “This evening, #Italian authorities informed @MSF team that our rescue ship, #GeoBarents, has been issued a detention order for a period of 60 days.”
This, it said, is the 3rd time “our ship has been subject to such a punitive measure for performing its legal obligation to save lives at sea.”
MSF added that it will communicate further on this as soon as consultations with “our legal team have been concluded, at which point we will consider our options in challenging this arbitrary and inhumane decision.”