The civil rescue vessel Humanity 1 reached the port of Catania last night and is now stranded at the Levante dock due to bad weather conditions, with 35 of the 179 persons rescued at sea on board. 144 individuals were disembarked by Italian authorities. They are women, children, and adults in dangerous health situations who had navigated for two weeks and made 21 petitions to the appropriate authorities. The remaining 35, after the ceremonial checks, were denied permission to exit; their suffering continues. The Italian Interior Minister (Matteo Piantedosi), Defense Minister (Guido Crosetto), and Infrastructure and Transport Minister (Matteo Salvini) all signed a letter to the captain of Humanity 1 on Friday evening, stating that the ship could not stay in Italian territorial waters for any longer than "essential for rescue and rescue operations to persons in distress and in critical health conditions." From the NGO SOS Humanity, it was communicated that "the captain denied the request and that the law of the sea requires him to carry all rescued persons to a secure location." For Crosetto, the Minister ""Humanity and firmness have been combined," he said, but Anthony Barbagallo, the regional secretary for the Democratic Party, said, "Not letting even the non-fragile off Humanity 1 is an arbitrary decision that goes against international rules on rescue at sea, which say that shipwrecked people must be taken to the nearest safe port." As determined by ad hoc ministerial judgments, all the castaways, not just some, were rescued ". Aboubakar Soumahoro, the Greens/Left alliance's deputy, has also arrived in Catania: "A castaway became ill, and there is no ambulance available. President Giorgia Meloni, you are accountable for every life now suspended aboard the SOS Hhumanity ship in Catania port. You cannot manipulate human existence to suit the needs of the Palace." (Photo Max Callavari / SOS Humanity)
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