Watchdog calls on EU to save sea migrants as bloc emphasizes control of borders

Watchdog calls on EU to save sea migrants as bloc emphasizes control of borders

Channel NewsAsia - World·2019-06-18 16:20

FILE PHOTO: An European Union flag flutters above the Germany's Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) headquarters after first poll results of the European Parliament elections in Berlin, Germany, May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS: A European rights watchdog said on Tuesday (Jun 18) that the European Union was violating international law with its increasingly restrictive stance on migration and should step up sea rescues: an element that is not part of the bloc's new five-year action plan.

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