THE ITALIAN authorities prevented another refugee rescue ship from saving lives in the Mediterranean this week, on the same day that at least 17 people drowned at the edges of Fortress Europe.The Trotamar III, a sailing ship operated by activist rescuers Compass Collective, was detained by the Italian authorities on Thursday evening on the island of Lampedusa.Two days earlier, the ship’s activists had rescued 18 people from an unseaworthy rubber dinghy in the Tunisian-Maltese search-and-rescue zone.

THE ITALIAN authorities prevented another refugee rescue ship from saving lives in the Mediterranean this week, on the same day that at least 17 people drowned at the edges of Fortress Europe.

The Trotamar III, a sailing ship operated by activist rescuers Compass Collective, was detained by the Italian authorities on Thursday evening on the island of Lampedusa.

Two days earlier, the ship’s activists had rescued 18 people from an unseaworthy rubber dinghy in the Tunisian-Maltese search-and-rescue zone.

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