‘Situation is critical.’ Italy’s far-right government enacts anti-migration plan

Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia Meloni

Italy's new far-right government has enacted its controversial new anti-migration plan, which provides for the pushback of mostly male asylum seekers of adult age rescued in the central Mediterranean who Rome does not deem qualified for international protection.

The move has sparked a row in the country and has provoked the protests of jurists, lawyers and charities who consider it a breach of international law on rescue at sea.