text: Politics puts lives at risk in European waters :: Lloyd's List
  Safety Italy Political Risk and Trade
  The decision by Italy and Malta to deny disembarkation to migrants rescued at sea over the weekend is a shameful act of populist politics and could have wide-ranging ramifications for safety of life at sea
  Lloyd's List backs calls by the International Chamber of Shipping for all EU member states to ensure the policy of prompt and predictable disembarkation — consistent with UNHCR principles — can be fully maintained
  Source: Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP Migrants about to board Aquarius in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy and Malta have refused to let the rescue ship with 629 people aboard dock in their ports, leaving the migrants at sea as a diplomatic standoff escalated.