HRW Calls for Focus on Human Rights at Migrant Policy Meeting

An international human rights group has called on the European Union to "maintain robust search and rescue operations" for migrants seeking asylum, as thousands of asylum-seekers cross the Mediterranean and Europe struggles to develop a new policy for coping with them. Human Rights Watch released a report calling on European Union leaders to prioritize human rights when they approach the migrant question at a summit next week. The rights group says it has interviewed 150...

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