The United Nations urged Libya and the EU to overhaul their search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, saying current practices robbed migrants of their lives, rights and dignity. A UN Human Rights Office report on SAR operations and the protection of migrants in the central Mediterranean found that policies and practices "fail to prioritise the lives, safety and human rights of people attempting to cross from Africa to Europe. The report, released Wednesday, said evidence suggested that the lack of human rights protections was "not a tragic anomaly, but rather a consequence of concrete policy decisions and practices by the Libyan authorities, the European Union member states and institutions, and other actors".