Amnesty Slams ‘Shameful’ EU Policy as Migrant Boats Barred From Ports

Human rights group Amnesty International has described as ‘shameful’ the decision by several European states to block NGO migrant rescue ships from docking in their ports. The group says Europe’s migrant policy is putting lives in danger, both at sea and in Libya, where most of the asylum seekers set out from to try to reach Europe.    After 19 days at sea, close to 50 migrants were finally allowed ashore in Malta earlier this month after the NGO ships that rescued them had...

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