On Wednesday 23 November, MEPs called on Member States in Strasbourg to adopt the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ and to implement long-term solutions as the only way to address the issue of migration to the EU, including the problem of rescue operations at sea.
But they were divided on how to achieve this, with some groups, including the EPP, stressing the need to rescue people at sea, but also to prevent departures and automatically return illegal immigrants to their countries, while...