Humanitarian emergencies in the Mediterranean and solidarity: debate in plenary
Met dank overgenomen van Europees Parlement (EP) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 13 juni 2018.
The plight of Mediterranean refugees and the need for solidarity among EU i member states, after the MV Aquarius rescue will be debated on Wednesday at 16.00.
MEPs will discuss with Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and the Council how to deal with humanitarian emergencies in the Mediterranean, following the decision by the Italian and Maltese governments not to allow the MV Aquarius, a ship operated by French NGOs SOS Mediterranée and Medecins sans Frontières, to land more than 629 people after rescuing them in the open sea.
The migrants and asylum-seekers will be brought to Spain, after the Spanish Government announced it would welcome them on humanitarian grounds.