Requiem pour l’Aquarius. Les sauvetages en mer, entre instrumentalisation et criminalisation

The Aquarius is an emblematic example of a political and legal framework that has been severely tested in the context of the rescue at sea of migrant who took the deadly Mediterranean routes. The law of the sea (rescue law, freedom of navigation, police powers) is abused for migration policy purposes. Entirely focused on police interceptions and the fight against migrant smuggling and illegal immigration, the EU and its Member States are thus building a policy of criminalizing rescuer