Italy must decide migrant Iuventa's fate - UNHCR

Special envoy Cochetel says decision must be 'based on facts'

ANSAmed

4 August 2017

(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, AUGUST 4 - UN Refugee Agency special envoy for the Central Mediterranean route Vincent Cochetel told ANSA the Italian justice system must decide the fate of seized migrant rescue ship Iuventa, "based on the facts".

Italian authorities seized the Iuventa this week after the Trapani prosecutor's office said its investigation into NGOs involved in migrant rescue operations found that traffickers had twice accompanied migrants as they boarded the ship.


Source:  http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/europe/2017/08/04/italy-must-decide-migrant-iuventas-fate-unhcr_9d83cd48-c18f-4325-b323-8dd9c2cc0064.html