A European rights watchdog said on Tuesday that the European Union was violating...
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS - A European rights watchdog said on Tuesday that the European Union was violating international law with its increasingly restrictive stance on migration and should step up sea rescues - an element that is not part of the bloc’s new five-year action plan.
The EU has since tightened its external borders and asylum laws, as well as giving aid to non-EU states on the eastern and southern rim of the Mediterranean to help them contain migration to Europe. United Nations data shows irregular sea arrivals from the Middle East and North Africa dropped from over 1 million in 2015 to some 141,500 people last year. Fewer than 23,000 refugees and migrants have made it across the sea to Europe so far this year.
“ have adopted laws, policies and practices which have often been contrary to their legal obligations to ensure effective search and rescue operations, the prompt and safe disembarkation and treatment of rescued people, and the prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment,” the rights watchdog said in a report on Tuesday.
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