BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 03:04:00
His take on the situation. this is a tragedy, but i don't think you can really call it an accident. it is an outcome of policies that italy and the wider eu have been putting in place for years that have made the passage through the mediterranean more dangerous and have removed the sort of rescue tools that ngos and others have been trying to use to at least save lives when people are at risk. as bad as the crossing is, and as unsafe as it is, people are still willing to do it because what they're fleeing is worse. and the conditions that they're fleeing in places like iran and afghanistan —...