LAMPEDUSA, Italy: Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete may be a"pain in the neck" for Italy's anti-immigration interior minister but she is a hero to dozens of migrants rescued from an uncertain fate at sea.
Tanned and at home in a tank top, Rackete is a specialist in Arctic and Antarctic polar research and a sailor for the past eight years, An image grab taken from a video released by Local Team shows Rackete being taken away following her arrest for refusing to obey a military vessel, which could see her jailed for up to 10 years.
Over time, the navy vessels became fewer and fewer, leaving their humanitarian counterparts in the front line."It doesn't matter how you end up in distress. Firefighters don't care about that, hospitals don't. Maritime law doesn't.At sea,"rescue ends when people reach a safe place.""We Europeans have allowed our governments to construct a wall at sea. There is a civil society fighting against that and I am a part of it," Rackete has said.
Salvini had been calling loudly for her arrest, describing her as a"pain in the neck" and adding that"those who flout the rules must be held accountable.
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