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20 February 2020Correctly according to the provisions on "rescue at sea", the commander of the Sea Wacht Carola Rackete entered the port of Lampedusa because "the obligation to provide relief does not end in the act of removing the shipwrecked from the danger of getting lost in sea, but it entails the accessory and consequent obligation to land them in a safe place ". This was stated by the Court of Cassation in the reasons filed today to confirm the 'no' to the arrest of Rackete with the accusation of having forced the naval blockade of the Gdf patrol boat to prevent it from entering the port.

According to the stoats, the warship nature of the patrol boat was legitimately excluded because there was no Navy officer in command, as the rules prescribe, but a Marshal of the Yellow Flames. So Rackete acted "justified" by the risk of danger to the lives of migrants on board his ship.