on September 17, 2016 in World News
Boris: Send Migrant Boats Back To North Africa
by Nick Hallett Migrants attempting to reach Europe by sailing across the Mediterranean should be turned back, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said. In a press conference in Florence yesterday, Mr Johnson suggested that ships involved in Operation Sophia, which have been picking up migrants and ferrying them to Italy, should instead send them back to North Africa. “I think personally they should be turned back as close to the shore as possible so they don’t reach the Italian mainland and there’s more of a deterrent effect,” he said. Italy briefly tried the tactic, known as “push-back”, back in… View Article
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