Italy’s top appeals court has established that sending sea migrants back to Libya is unlawful, “a ruling hailed by charities and human rights groups,” reports Reuters on Feb. 18.
The Court of Cassation upheld the conviction of the captain of an Italian towboat, Asso 28, who in 2018 rescued 101 migrants from a rubber dinghy and returned them to Libya, Reuters said.
The ruling is final, upholding earlier decisions by two lower courts, the news agency noted.
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