NGOs divided by Italy's new rescue code

Five aid groups have refused to sign Italy’s code of conduct for organisations that run migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean, the Italian interior ministry said on Monday (31 July).

Three other organisations backed the new rules, which include a ban on sending light signals that may help migrants and a ban on transferring migrants to other ships.

One of the organisations that refused to sign the code of conduct, Doctors Without Borders (MSF),

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