Five non-governmental organizations have lodged separate complaints to the European Commission about Italy’s policy and practice around search and rescue (SAR) operations. The complaints focus on a controversial law introduced in early 2023, which imposed new restrictions on how charity SAR organizations could operate. Humanitarian and human rights groups have accused the European Commission of “failing” to investigate complaints concerning Italian government policy around search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Is Europe ready for migration crisis they created for African and other developing nations ?

