EU solidarity abandoned on Mediterranean shores

The new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said as she started her mandate in November 2014 that that it would be a test of her ability in her role to bring meaning to the idea of a collective EU foreign policy.

The author of this Commentary argues that nowhere is it clearer that in fact the reverse is true than in tackling the immigration crisis to the south of her native Italy. In the face of the tragic deaths of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people the response of EU states and their citizens has been chaotic and disjointed at best, and with some notable exceptions, without compassion.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: UK axes support for Mediterranean migrant rescue operation http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-axes-support-for-mediterranean-migrant-rescue-operation/

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