Malta: Authorities must not make El Hiblu 3 ‘scapegoats for Europe’s search and rescue failures’

By Amnesty International

Ahead of the preliminary hearing of the ‘El Hiblu 3’ on 30 May in Malta, where three young men from West Africa face life imprisonment for attempting to stop their illegal return to Libya by the captain of the ship that rescued them at sea, Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s Regional Researcher, said: “We repeat […] The post Malta: Authorities must not make El Hiblu 3 ‘scapegoats for Europe’s search and rescue failures’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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