The European Union has condemned rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in the Mediterranean, in a dramatic hardening of the bloc’s border policy that brings it in line with the continent’s anti-immigration populists.
After a summit in Brussels EU leaders backed the approach of Italy’s new government to the boats, suggesting the vessels should stay away and could be breaking the law by picking up those in distress.
bun the eu
Suddenly Brexit looks a whole lot better.
Brexit was, between other things, motivated by anti-immigration agendas, as leaving the EU would give the UK better control over its borders.
The UK has been the absolute worst in pushing Europes deadly anti-immigration policies. A LOT of this blood is on their hands.
EU condemns rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in Mediterranean
