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Unless the EU changes its policy approach, migrants will continue “to die and end up in a watery grave in the Mediterranean”, charities have warned.
Mediterranean sea rescue missions from operation sofia will be suspended through air surveillance. though rather air surveillance will continue of a decision is aimed at resolving disputes with it a leave which threatened to halt the entire mission less rescued migrants are taken to other countries that's of course have been an ongoing issue for countries on the front line of that crisis well for more i'm now joined from our brussels studio by rebecca ritter's a good to see you rebecca the mission isn't over but they'll no longer be whiskey doing migrants at sea how is that going to work. that...
Operation in the mediterranean sea all that says italy refuses to accept migrants rescued by its vessels operation sofia was launched back in two thousand and fifteen to tackle migrant smugglers but it has increasingly found itself rescuing people at sea the e.u. is now reviewing the mission. space conservative popular party has picked pablo casals as its new leader replaces former prime minister mariano rajoy who was ousted after no confidence vote back in june for saddos appointment represents a shift to the right for the party which is hoping for a comeback. in time for general elections in...
Control their borders and their waterways, because if we don't have a partner on the other side of the ocean it's going to continue to be a problem. that's point number one. point number two, we are deeply appreciative of the generosity and humanitarian impulses of the italian people, and in rescues so many people through "operation sofia." what we did in warsaw during the nato meeting was to indicate that although that is primarily an eu mission, nato and the united states and our naval assets are prepared to assist in a robust way where appropriate, and it's just a matter of coordinated with...