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UK-EU: Migrant rescue operations must be stopped at earliest opportunity – minister - James Brokenshire defends ending rescues in Mediterranean, saying they encourage migrants and lead to more deaths

30 October 2014

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"his defence attracted the fiercest criticism from across all parties, with some MPs comparing it to turning back the Jewish “Exodus” refugee ships and the Kindertransport trains in the second world war.

Labour’s official spokeswoman, Diana Johnson, accused him leaving people to die in their thousands. She said he was willing to do anything to appear tough on immigration in order to face down the Ukip threat ahead of next month’s Rochester and Strood byelection. The Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather said he was “washing his hands of the problem – Pontius Pilate style”. In the House of Lords, the former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown described it as “a discreditable policy” and warned that it might be illegal under international maritime laws."

See the article: Migrant rescue operations must be stopped at earliest opportunity – minister - James Brokenshire defends ending rescues in Mediterranean, saying they encourage migrants and lead to more deaths (Guardian, link)

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