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– The situation in the Mediterranean is dramatic. This can not go on so forth. We can not accept that hundreds of people die trying to cross the sea to Europe – Donald Tusk said on a video posted on YouTube.
– So I decided to convene an extraordinary European Council on Thursday – he added.
As explained by Donald Tusk, to the summit will reflect on “what can and what they need to do,” the members of the European Union and EU institutions to respond to the situation for immigrants from Africa. – Do not expect any quick fixes in this case, because they do not exist. If there were, they would have used a long time ago – said the President of RE. He called at the same time commitment from the EU Member States.
– The situation in the Mediterranean is not just our southern neighborhood, but all of us, all over Europe – Donald Tusk ended.
Call prime ministers of Italy, Malta and Cyprus
About the urgent convening the summit due to the influx of immigrants and disasters in the Mediterranean called on the Prime Ministers of Italy, Matteo Renzi and Malta Joseph Muscat. In their view, is determined and joint action on the matter and put an end to people smuggling.
The heads of the two governments met at an urgent conference in the Eternal City after the disaster in the Strait of Sicily, where the night from Saturday to Sunday boat sank on board which could have killed between 700 and 950 immigrants coming from Africa. In the Mediterranean, has continued the great rescue. So far, 24 bodies were found, rescued 28 survivors.
On the other hand, the Greek coastguard today announced a wooden boat with more than 90 immigrants on board that crashed off the coast of the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. According to staff at least three people were killed and 30 were taken to hospitals. Water extracted from the body of a man and woman and child. Boat that ran aground, was almost completely destroyed.
For this reason, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Cipras called on the EU to immediately reacted to the disaster boat with illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean. – Delaying action costs lives – he noted.
Thousands of immigrants arrive in Europe
It is estimated that from the beginning of the year while crossing the Strait of Sicily killed up to 1,600 refugees. At that time, the Italian coast reached more than 26,000 immigrants. On the other hand, from January to the end of March, Greece has adopted more than 10,000 refugees, mostly from war-torn Syria homework. In the same period last year there were less than 2900.
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