Migrants, Ocean Viking towards Ancona between six meters high waves. Piantedosi: “Satisfied with the choice, the bailouts are made by the State”

Wind at forty knots with even stronger gusts, waves up to twenty feet high, reaching right up to the deck. For nearly sixteen hours, at sea, Ocean Viking faced hell. This was foreseen, after all the weather forecasts are certainly not a mystery. For this reason, both the ship of Sos Mediterranée and Geo Barents of Médecins Sans Frontières had requested authorization to dock