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Italy directs NGO rescue ship with 89 migrants to port

Riccardo Campochiaro, lawyer of the German charity organization SOS Humanitarian, talks to reporters during a press conference at the port of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The captain of the German organization's rescue ship, the Humanity 1, refused Italian orders to leave the Sicilian port Sunday after Italian authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy's new far-right-led government targeting foreign-flagged rescue ships. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) From left, Till Rummenhohl, head of operations at the SOS Humanity German charity organization, Joachim Ebeling, captain of the organization's Humanity 1 rescue ship, and their lawyer Riccardo Campochiaro talk to reporters during a press conference at the port of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The captain of the Humanity 1, refused Italian orders to leave the Sicilian port Sunday after Italian authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy's new far-right-led government targeting foreign-flagged rescue ships. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Migrants hold banners asking for help, from a deck of the Norway-flagged Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, in Catania's port, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Geo Barents has been allowed Sunday to disembark 357 migrant that Italian authorities defined as "vulnerable people" and minors, while leaving another 215 people that were declared non-vulnerable blocked on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Migrants hold banners asking for help, from a deck of the Norway-flagged Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, in Catania's port, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Geo Barents has been allowed Sunday to disembark 357 migrant that Italian authorities defined as "vulnerable people" and minors, while leaving another 215 people that were declared non-vulnerable blocked on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Migrants hold banners asking for help, from a deck of the Norway-flagged Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, in Catania's port, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Geo Barents has been allowed Sunday to disembark 357 migrant that Italian authorities defined as "vulnerable people" and minors, while leaving another 215 people that were declared non-vulnerable blocked on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Protesters hold a banner reading "stop the attack on refugees" in front of the Norway-flagged Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, at harbor in Catania's port, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Geo Barents has been allowed Sunday to disembark 357 migrant that Italian authorities defined as "vulnerable people" and minors, while leaving another 215 people that were declared non-vulnerable blocked on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Migrants hold banners asking for help, from a deck of the Norway-flagged Geo Barents ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, in Catania's port, Sicily, southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Geo Barents has been allowed Sunday to disembark 357 migrant that Italian authorities defined as "vulnerable people" and minors, while leaving another 215 people that were declared non-vulnerable blocked on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)