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Council of Europe on the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean

12 July 2012

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CoE: Council of Europe: ‘Deaths in the Mediterranean Sea: will they ever end?’ asks PACE rapporteur Tineke Strik (link)

Includes letters to NATO, UK and Spain.

Full-text of report: Lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea: who is responsible? (pdf):

"“Yet again, a dinghy with 55 people on board drifted for 15 days on the Mediterranean. This time, only one person survived. When will this ever end?,” today asked Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “Lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea: who is responsible?”. She expressed her great sadness and anger over the deaths of another 54 boat people fleeing Libya towards Italy."

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