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Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean: What can the EU do?

20 April 2015

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"There is a moral imperative for the EU to act swiftly and effectively to address the issue."

See the full text: Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean: What can the EU do? (EU Law Analysis, link)

and also: Watch the Med (link): "Watch the Mediterranean Sea is an online mapping platform to monitor the deaths and violations of migrants' rights at the maritime borders of the EU"

Also: EU ministers meet for crisis talks after hundreds of migrants drown in Mediterranean - Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi says EU action must be a priority as death toll of drownings this year now stands at 1,500 50 times more than at same point in 2014 (Guardian, link)

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