On Monday 15 June, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on European Union Member States not to turn their backs on migrants under the pretext of the health risks associated with Covid-19. Meanwhile, new shipwrecks have been reported in recent days off the coast of Libya and Tunisia.
During a debate in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties on the migration situation in the...