(ANSA) - Rome, June 25 - Italy's Prisons Ombudsman Mauro
Palma has written to the Coast Guard in relation to the case of
the Alexander Maersk, a container ship that picked up over 100
migrants at sea and has been anchored near to Sicilian port of
Pozzallo for several days after being refused permission to
dock, sources said Monday.
Palma said that the migrants on the Danish-flagged vessel
"are effectively being deprived of their personal freedom" in a
letter to Coast Guard General Commander Admiral Giovanni
Pettorino.
The letter requested "urgent information about the orders"
that made it impossible for the ship to dock.
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