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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11299

22 April 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Mediterranean - weight of expectation on EU

Brussels, 21/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The International Migration Organisation (IMO) confirmed on Tuesday 21 April that 800 people lost their lives when a boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Sunday. According to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the IMO, this is the largest single loss of life in the Mediterranean. It was following this disaster that European Council President Donald Tusk called an emergency European summit for Thursday 23 April.

“We can state that 800...

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