Private ships to rescue Mediterranean migrants

EU operation Triton is placing the onus of saving Mediterranean migrants on private ship owners, but the ships might avoid responding, Vincent Cochetel of the UN refugee agency told the BBC's Newsday programme. The Frontex-led operation replaced Italy's much larger Mare Nostrum mission when it ended 1 November.

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