(AFP) The German captain of rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, who was temporarily arrested in Italy for docking without permission so she could let rescued migrants land, said Tuesday her “actions were justified.”
Rackete, 31, was arrested on June 29 and held for several days after the Sea-Watch 3 hit an Italian police speedboat while entering the port of Lampedusa island despite a ban from entering Italy’s waters.
She faces an Italian investigation on allegations of aiding and abetting illegal immigration and entering Italian waters in violation of the ban.
“I am still under investigation by the Italian authorities but am I worried? Honestly no, because my actions were justified,” she said in Barcelona as she picked up a gold medal from … Catalonia’s regional parliament, the chamber’s highest award.
