EU court gives mixed guidance on migrant rescue boat case

EU court gives mixed guidance on migrant rescue boat case
# 01 August 2022 17:56 (UTC +04:00)

The EU's top court said on Monday that officials can detain migrant rescue ships, but only if they can prove there is a real risk to health, safety or the environment, in mixed guidance on a case testing Europe's response to refugees, APA reports citing Reuters.

German campaign group Sea Watch launched a legal challenge after Sicilian port authorities detained two of its vessels that had rescued migrants in the Mediterranean and taken them to Sicily in 2020.

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