PM's Political Calculation At Migrants Summit
The language from European leaders was unambiguous - they insisted their urgent summit, aimed at addressing the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, had an "immediate priority" of saving lives. Many humanitarian campaigners want to see a return to the wide-reaching search-and-rescue operation known as Mare Nostrum. It will carry out search and rescue but does not seek to do so. Governments - including the UK - made controversial arguments that the search and rescue acte
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