Sea-Watch fears the criminalisation of civilian rescue ships in 3017
What comes next? #Frontex accusations of civil SAR organizations followed the ones by right-wing populists claiming that the NGOs directly support migrant smugglers. Sea-watch shows these allegations. “It is Frontex who creates a market for trafficking in the first place, because it puts into place the foreclosure policies of the EU. This is why Frontex has to take partial responsibility for the death of over 5.000 humans this year alone”, Sea-Watch CEO Axel Grafmanns states. “It is no wonder these accusations come now”, spokesperson Ruben Neugebauer was quoted in an article by the Financial Times, where he referred to the worsening situation in the Central Mediterranean. The EU does not want NGOs to witness the tragedy caused by EU policies. “The criminalization of those who are willing to help where the EU fails seems to be the European strategy for the year of elections 2017”, Grafmanns says.
Sea-Watch befürchtet Kriminalisierung ziviler Rettungskräfte im Superwahljahr 2017 – Sea-Watch e.V.
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