De Europese partij van Verenigd Links, GUE/NGL, heeft, in samenspraak met verschillende NGO's en reddingsorganisaties waaronder Proactiva Open Arms en Sea-Watch, een reeks duidelijke voorstellen/eisen opgesteld. Europa moet hoogdringend een antwoord bieden op deze humanitaire crisis:
1 – Stop criminalising humanitarian NGOs
From impounding vessels for dubious reasons like unlawful waste disposal, to imposing administrative deadlocks such as registration issues the criminalisation of NGOs by states is a direct threat to their crucial work. Some authorities have even withdrawn flags and randomly slapped criminal charges on crew members. These dirty tricks that member states have been using are a scandalous impediment to the urgent need to save lives at sea.
2 – People’s lives above politics
By actively trying to prevent people from reaching Europe, member states like Italy are breaking EU and international law in which the duty to save life at sea is unambiguous. The EU must provide safe and legal pathways to Europe and reform its asylum legislation based on solidarity and respect for human rights.
3 – Implement an effective European rescue programme
The EU must establish an effective, coherent and transparent approach to sea rescue that is compliant with international maritime and human rights law. Abandoning migrants and refugees in Libya (or third countries) must be outlawed. NGOs also want the EU to establish a rescue programme that ensures survivors can disembark promptly and in the nearest EU safe harbour. The ports must remain open, and member states need to acknowledge their humanitarian and legal responsibilities rather than shifting them to the countries of departure and transit.
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