Whitey Ford
11-21-2018, 12:49 AM
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Italy has ordered the seizure of the migrant rescue ship Aquarius for allegedly dumping potentially toxic waste, Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday, in a fresh blow for aid groups working in the Mediterranean.
Investigators accuse the vessel of passing 24 tons of dangerous and potentially toxic refuse off as ordinary garbage in 11 Italian ports, Italian media reported.
Prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Catania are running the inquiry into migrant clothing, food leftovers and sanitary waste that was handled at Italian ports from the Aquarius and the Vos Prudence, another vessel chartered by MSF last year.
Some rescued migrants were found to be suffering from HIV, meningitis and tuberculosis but MSF said its port operations "including waste management, have always followed standard procedures." "The relevant authorities have not contested these procedures or identified a public health risk since we started our activities at sea," it said.
"This is another strike in the series of attacks criminalizing humanitarian aid at sea," said Frederic Penard, SOS Mediterranee's operations head. "The tragic current situation is leading to an absence of humanitarian search and rescue vessels operating in the central Mediterranean, while the mortality rate is on the rise.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Seizes-Migrant-Rescue-Ship-Over-HIV-Contaminated-Clothes-20181120-0020.html
Enriching the world with AIDS.
Italy has ordered the seizure of the migrant rescue ship Aquarius for allegedly dumping potentially toxic waste, Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday, in a fresh blow for aid groups working in the Mediterranean.
Investigators accuse the vessel of passing 24 tons of dangerous and potentially toxic refuse off as ordinary garbage in 11 Italian ports, Italian media reported.
Prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Catania are running the inquiry into migrant clothing, food leftovers and sanitary waste that was handled at Italian ports from the Aquarius and the Vos Prudence, another vessel chartered by MSF last year.
Some rescued migrants were found to be suffering from HIV, meningitis and tuberculosis but MSF said its port operations "including waste management, have always followed standard procedures." "The relevant authorities have not contested these procedures or identified a public health risk since we started our activities at sea," it said.
"This is another strike in the series of attacks criminalizing humanitarian aid at sea," said Frederic Penard, SOS Mediterranee's operations head. "The tragic current situation is leading to an absence of humanitarian search and rescue vessels operating in the central Mediterranean, while the mortality rate is on the rise.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Seizes-Migrant-Rescue-Ship-Over-HIV-Contaminated-Clothes-20181120-0020.html