The European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) has rejected a request presented by migrant
search-and-rescue vessel Sea Watch 3 for the ECHR to implement
interim measures asking Italy to allow the vessel to disembark
migrant, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
But the court ordered Italy to provide necessary assistance
to the migrants on board the Dutch-flagged, German NGO run
migrant rescue vessel.
It said it expected Italy to assist "persons on board in
situations of vulnerability because of their age or state of
health".
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on
Tuesday said the Strasbourg-based court ''has confirmed Italy's
choice of order, common sense, legality and justice: ports
closed to human traffickers and their accomplices''.
''Fewer departures, fewer arrivals, fewer deaths, less waste
- no going back'', Salvini said.
The court on Monday said it had received a request from the
migrant search-and-rescue vessel which has been stuck in
international waters south of Lampedusa since June 12, when it
performed a rescue operation off the coast of Libya.
It currently has 43 migrants aboard.
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