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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the European Union (EU), its member States, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex to make urgent efforts to save lives at sea in an essay published on Tuesday,
Judith Sutherland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at HRW, commented on this issue by saying, “Now more than ever, the EU should get back to its core values and our shared humanity by ensuring search and rescue at sea and disembarkation in safe places.” The essay by Sunderland accounts for the last mission of Geo Barents, a rescue ship operated by the nongovernmental organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). It mentions the Mediterranean Sea to be “by far the deadliest route for migrants”, largely due to the EU’s harsh anti-migration policies.
EU policies and member States have supported government authorities in countries like Libya in intercepting people in international waters and returning them to Lybia where they face allegedly cruel conditions. This support was extended through aerial surveillance by Frontex. People who were held in detention centers in Libya have stated in interviews that they were subjected to various kinds of abuse. This included forced labor, torture and rape.
States like Italy have supported the EU’s actions of cooperating with countries to intercept migrants. Besides Libya, the EU has been cooperating with Tunisia and Lebanon for border and migration management.
In October 2024, HRW launched a new campaign named #WithHumanity, calling on Frontex to use its aerial surveillance capabilities to help rescue endangered vessels in the Mediterranean, including by informing nongovernmental rescue ships when vessels in distress are spotted. While EU countries have taken steps to prevent undocumented migrants from entering their territories, HRW said that such people are often fleeing abusive conditions and should not be left to drown.
In the past three months, more than 400 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea have died or gone missing. As per estimates released by the International Organization for Migration, more than 30,000 migrants in the Mediterranean similarly went missing or died since 2014.
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Judith Sutherland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at HRW, commented on this issue by saying, “Now more than ever, the EU should get back to its core values and our shared humanity by ensuring search and rescue at sea and disembarkation in safe places.” The essay by Sunderland accounts for the last mission of Geo Barents, a rescue ship operated by the nongovernmental organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). It mentions the Mediterranean Sea to be “by far the deadliest route for migrants”, largely due to the EU’s harsh anti-migration policies.
EU policies and member States have supported government authorities in countries like Libya in intercepting people in international waters and returning them to Lybia where they face allegedly cruel conditions. This support was extended through aerial surveillance by Frontex. People who were held in detention centers in Libya have stated in interviews that they were subjected to various kinds of abuse. This included forced labor, torture and rape.
States like Italy have supported the EU’s actions of cooperating with countries to intercept migrants. Besides Libya, the EU has been cooperating with Tunisia and Lebanon for border and migration management.
In October 2024, HRW launched a new campaign named #WithHumanity, calling on Frontex to use its aerial surveillance capabilities to help rescue endangered vessels in the Mediterranean, including by informing nongovernmental rescue ships when vessels in distress are spotted. While EU countries have taken steps to prevent undocumented migrants from entering their territories, HRW said that such people are often fleeing abusive conditions and should not be left to drown.
In the past three months, more than 400 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea have died or gone missing. As per estimates released by the International Organization for Migration, more than 30,000 migrants in the Mediterranean similarly went missing or died since 2014.
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