A new report by the British-based campaign group says a fortress Europe’s blocking out migrants and refugees, many of them fleeing the Middle East and North Africa.
Dimitris Avramopoulos, who’s been confirmed as European Commissioner for migration and home affairs hears the International Organisation for Migration report that more than 3 000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year.

That’s more than twice the previous peak in 2011.

Amnesty International’s Europe director John Dalhuisen says the EU and its member countries must urgently provide an increased number of search and rescue vessels in the central Mediterranean, with a clear mandate to save human lives on the high seas.

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