After debating the issue with the Commission and the Presidency of the Council of the EU on Wednesday 12 July, MEPs adopted a resolution on 13 July by a vote by show of hands, calling on the Member States and the Frontex agency to step up their resources and operations to search for and rescue migrants at sea.
The resolution also calls for a European search and rescue operation at sea to be established.
Prompted by a new shipwreck off the coast of Greece in mid-June, which claimed more...