Abstract
Italian journalist Indro Montanelli once wrote, “[w]e Italians are tolerant and civil with all those who are different. Black, red, yellow. Especially when they are far away, at a telescopic distance from us.” In recent years, Italy had a resurgence of nationalist and far-right political leaders, who have taken an anti-immigration stance. Public interest in migration of refugees and asylum seekers is due both to media coverage of their stories and to litigation before international courts. One high-profile story that made headlines in the summer of 2018 was Italy’s treatment of the Aquarius, a rescue vessel operated by the German non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Recommended Citation
Alexandra Larkin, Italy and the Aquarius: A Migrant Crisis, 32 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 137 (2019)DOI: https://doi.org/10.58948/2331-3536.1397
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol32/iss1/4
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