“Migration control, not rescue”: squeezing search and rescue in the Mediterranean

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Series Details Volume 21, Number 6
Publication Date September 2019
ISSN 1756-851X
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As the EU’s member states continue to discuss half-hearted plans for search and rescue and the disembarkation of migrants, they are also putting in place measures to prevent their own maritime safety authorities from carrying out rescues. At the same time, they are pressuring under-resourced and unwilling non-EU states to take on rescue tasks. As reports from Spain show, the results are deadly.

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