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MEPs say EU policies are killing refugees

The European Parliament's new President Antonio Tajani reacts following his election in Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 17, 2017. (AFP)

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

The European Union's legislators say border controls and security policies agreed by the bloc's leaders are killing innocent refugees. A debate in the European Parliament has heard that while restrictive measures have successfully stemmed the flow of refugees to the EU last year, more than 5,000 people died at sea trying to reach the continent.

 


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