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    A migrant carries a child as he runs to board a smuggler's boat on the beach in France

    Fortress Europe Is Cruel, Misguided, and Doomed to Fail

    Taller, longer, and more high-tech walls will not solve the present the problem—and the money could be far better spent.

    Klaus F. Zimmerman
    Victoria Vernon
    Jan 13, 2023

    It’s time to rethink EU migration policy. New walls are being built in Europe, but they will not solve the present crisis – and the money could be far better spent.

    Instead, Serbia is constructing a fence on its border with North Macedonia and plans another to prevent crossings from Bulgaria. Greece is planning to extend its high-tech 40-kilometre-long, 5-metre-high steel, concrete and barbed wire fence on the border with Turkey by a further 140 kilometres.

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    500 migrants saved by Italian Navy in Mediterranean sea

    Italy Must Revoke New Decree That Facilitates Death of Migrants at Sea

    The European Commission should call for the immediate withdrawal of this decree and an end to Italy's practice of allocating distant ports and take legal enforcement action against rules that blatantly disregard EU legal obligations towards migrants and asylum seekers.

    Giulia Tranchina
    Jan 09, 2023

    The latest migration decree by Italy’s government represents a new low in its strategy of smearing and criminalizing nongovernmental organizations saving lives at sea. The government’s goal is to further obstruct the life-saving work of humanitarian groups, meaning that as few people as possible will be rescued in the central Mediterranean.

    The decree prohibits vessels of search and rescue organizations from carrying out multiple rescues on the same voyage, ordering that after one rescue their ships immediately go to the port allocated by Italy and reach it “without delay,” effectively requiring them to ignore any other distress cases at sea.

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    Giorgia Meloni

    Migrant Rescue Crackdown by Italy's Far-Right Cabinet Slammed as 'Call to Let People Drown'

    "In recent years we have tried to fill the void left by the absence of a state aid system," said Doctors Without Borders Italy, "but if they make the task more difficult, if not impossible, who is going to save lives?"

    Brett Wilkins
    Dec 30, 2022

    Human rights defenders on Thursday condemned a decree by Italy's far-right government limiting the operations of migrant rescue ships, warning that the new restrictions would add to a refugee death toll that's already in the tens of thousands.

    The year-end decree issued Wednesday by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her neo-fascist Brothers of Italy Cabinet compels ships to proceed immediately to an assigned port after a rescue instead of providing aid to other distressed vessels, as is commonly done. Critics say humanitarian vessels will be assigned to distant ports in order to keep them from the rescue zone for as long as possible.

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