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More refugees will die due to EU divisions, experts warn

Friday, 14 September 2018 4:02 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 14 September 2018 4:06 AM ]

A member of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms' rescues a woman from a sinking boat as another lies dead on what is left of the deck in the Mediterranean Sea about 85 miles off the Libyan coast on July 17, 2018. (AFP)

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

Political divisions at government level within the European Union will lead to more refugee deaths in the Mediterranean, experts at a conference in Brussels warn. Rights groups accuse the EU of failing in its legal and moral responsibilities by creating a fortress Europe to keep refugees out.

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