
DOCTORS Without Borders (MSF) is returning to the Mediterranean and joining the civil counter-offensive against the European Union’s inaction on migrant deaths at sea.
“More than 8,000 people have attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea since the start of the year,” MSF international president Dr Joanne Liu said at a press conference in Paris today.
“And during this time, there have been virtually no humanitarian vessels in the area. Four hundred and twenty-six people have already died.”

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