A migrant rescue ship funded by Banksy has been impounded in Italy after responding to distress calls in the Mediterranean, supposedly in breach of laws introduced by Rome's right wing government to clampdown on crossings.The MV Louise Michel was seized on the island of Lampedusa on Sunday after 's coast guard said the boat had disobeyed its instructions to head to Sicily.The coast guard said it had ordered the Louise Michel ship to dock in Trapani after it performed an initial rescue operation in Libya's Search And Rescue area, as it was required to do under a new Italian law decried by rights groups.
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