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The bishops of Europe have called for the reinstatement of pro-active search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea after more than 1000 migrants died trying to cross into Europe from Africa in the last ten days.
In a press statement following a call for action by Pope Francis, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), said that if the EU ‘gives serious credit to its convictions,’ it will choose to reinstate the instruments of Mare Nostrum and expand the mission Triton on the protection of the European Union’s external borders.
Full report: sconews.co.uk/news/44719/european-bishops-call-for-return-of-search-and-rescue-missions-following-migrant-tragedy/
Pope: aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/pope-francis-asks-world-italy-migrants-150418225708871.html
In a press statement following a call for action by Pope Francis, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), said that if the EU ‘gives serious credit to its convictions,’ it will choose to reinstate the instruments of Mare Nostrum and expand the mission Triton on the protection of the European Union’s external borders.
Full report: sconews.co.uk/news/44719/european-bishops-call-for-return-of-search-and-rescue-missions-following-migrant-tragedy/
Pope: aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/pope-francis-asks-world-italy-migrants-150418225708871.html