The death toll in the Mediterranean rises while Europe looks the other way | Amnesty International
“As the EU builds its walls higher and higher, refugees and migrants are
increasingly taking to the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach
European shores. Placed on rickety boats by ruthless smugglers, every
week hundreds of them sway between life and death, between hope and
despair,” said John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Programme
Director.
African asylum seekers rescued off boats and taken aboard an Italy navy ship, June 8, 2014.
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