The NGO 'Sea Watch' hides the captain of the ship detained in Italy for threats after her release

The NGO ‘Sea Watch’ has reported that it has transferred Carola Rackete, the captain of ‘Sea Watch 3’ detained in Italy, to a secret place after the threats received against her after she decided to dock in Lampedusa without authorization from the authorities After spending several days on the high seas with 40 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, an Italian judge ordered Rackete to be released from the house arrest regime to which she had been subjected since Saturday when she made the decision to dock the ship. Captain of the port of Lampedusa despite not having the relevant authorization from the Italian authorities ‘Sea Watch 3’, Rackete faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison if she is accused of endangering the lives of four policemen having collided with their patrol boat as it approached the port of Lampedusa despite the Italian ban. “There were some general threats against Carola,” he explained. named a spokesman for Sea-Watch, a German NGO dedicated to rescuing immigrants in the Mediterranean Sea. That’s why we have moved her to a secret place. We will not talk about new travel plans for her, “he said. In a statement published by the NGO after the decision of the investigating judge Alessandra Vella, Rackete said on Tuesday that the magistrate’s ruling represents” a great victory for solidarity with all migrants and against the criminalization of those who want to help them. ”Vella ruled that the captain of ‘Sea-Watch 3’ did not break the law when she overstepped the naval blockade imposed by the Italian authorities on the grounds that taking immigrants rescued to port was his duty because he had to safeguard their lives.The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, the far-right Matteo Salvini, assured that he is “displeased” by the court ruling. His party, the League, passed laws in June to close Italian ports to rescue ships, threatening to fine violators of the regulations with penalties of up to 50,000 euros and the seizure of the ships. de Rackete has muddied relations between Italy, on the one hand, and Germany and France on the other, and has underlined the lack of a coherent European strategy to tackle the phenomenon of immigration. Rackete appeared in court on Monday in Agrigento and asked He apologized for the collision with the patrol boat and assured that it was an accident and that his only concern was the well-being of the kidnapped refugees, who had been in the Mediterranean Sea for more than two weeks.