In her latest Justia blog post, Professor Lesley Wexler discusses the immigration crackdown that is also occurring overseas. She writes:

"Last week, after the rescue of 629 migrants on the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian government closed its port to them. Italy demanded the Aquarius, a humanitarian rescue ship, stop 35 nautical miles off its coast, prompting Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to declare the action as 'manifestly . . . against international rules.' Despite this harsh criticism, Malta also refused to allow the ship to dock. After several fraught days, Spain finally stepped in to accept the disembarkation of these migrants. While the immediate crisis has passed, the varied European responses to the Aquarius raise deeper questions about the adequacy of the existing legal framework and the need for a more comprehensive European agreement on migration."

Read the full post at verdict.justia.com.