Standoff as Italy stops male migrants from disembarking rescue ships- PublishedCharities have branded the actions of the Italian government "illegal" after it prevented 250 people disembarking two migrant rescue ships.Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said those who did not qualify as vulnerable would have to leave Italian waters and should be taken care of by the "flag state".However, Humanity 1's captain is refusing to leave the port of Catania "until all survivors rescued from distress at sea have been disembarked", said SOS Humanity, the German charity that operates it.Rejecting the 35 people seeking protection aboard Humanity 1 from territorial waters is a form of collective refusal and is therefore illegal."It added it was unlawful to not let all the migrants disembark and it would also launch legal proceedings in Catania, to allow those who remained on board the vessel to disembark and begin asylum applications."