In 2019, Carola Rackete faced serious jail time. She had just rescued dozens of migrants in dire condition off the coast of Libya. Defying the Italian government, Rackete docked her ship in Lampedusa ...

Carola Rackete, who made her name defying Italy’s far right, is set to lead Die Linke party into European elections in June She made her name as the captain of a ship that rescued stranded migrants ...

The cramped rubber dinghy was drifting, directionless, with 53 migrants on board. The coast of Libya, from which the boat had set out, was 47 miles to the south and the nearest part of Europe was out ...

Nearly a million dollars has been raised for rescue ship captain Carola Rackete, who was arrested for docking her vessel in Italy without permission on Saturday to ensure the safety of the 40 migrants ...

Captain Carola Rackete was arrested in the early hours of June 29 in the Italian port of Lampedusa. Rackete, the German captain of the Dutch-flagged humanitarian rescue vessel, Sea-Watch 3, defied the ...

Carola Rackete took the decision to sail migrants into a blocked port. She was arrested soon after. The cramped rubber dinghy was drifting, directionless, with 53 migrants on board. The coast of Libya ...