In the context of the high human toll of migrant casualties at sea and the recent tragic shipwreck off the Greek coast, MEPs discuss the EU’s capabilities for search and rescue operations of migrants at sea and prospect of more EU action to support rescue naval operations on the Mediterranean migration routes. They also debate the role of NGO sea rescue boats, disembarkations in designated places of safety, alleged pushbacks by Member States, the implementation of an action plan announced by Commissioner Johansson in November 2022, and cooperation with third countries like Tunisia and Libya. First part of MEPs debate.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

migration and refugees in Europe (T)

SIPPEL, Birgit (S&D, DE)

RANGEL, Paulo (EPP, PT)

BAY, Nicolas (ECR, FR)

death of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea (T)

BJÖRK, Malin (The Left, SE)

MUSSOLINI, Alessandra (EPP, IT)

ERNST, Cornelia (The Left, DE)

PAPADAKIS, Kostas (NI, EL)

KELLER, Fabienne (Renew, FR)

MANDL, Lukas (EPP, AT)

MADISON, Jaak (ID, EE)

CARÊME, Damien (Greens/EFA, FR)

RUIZ DEVESA, Domènec (S&D, ES)

BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Jorge (ECR, ES)

KANKO, Assita (ECR, BE)

VANDENDRIESSCHE, Tom (ID, BE)

ARVANITIS, Konstantinos (The Left, EL)

AZMANI, Malik (Renew, NL)

STRIK, Tineke (Greens/EFA, NL)

ROOKEN, Rob (ECR, NL)

MARQUARDT, Erik (Greens/EFA, DE)

BARTOLO, Pietro (S&D, IT)

GIARRUSSO, Dino (NI, IT)

TARDINO, Annalisa (ID, IT)

ANDREWS, Barry (Renew, IE)

The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean: MEPs debate (part 1)

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SOUNDBITE (Original), Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Birgit SIPPEL (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Erik MARQUARDT (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Assita KANKO (ECR, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Cornelia ERNST (The Left, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dita CHARANZOV&#193; (Renew, CZ), About order in the hemicycle

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kostas PAPADAKIS (NI, EL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dom&#232;nec RUIZ DEVESA (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bogdan RZO&#323;CA (ECR, PL), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dom&#232;nec RUIZ DEVESA (S&amp;D, ES), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malik AZMANI (Renew, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Rob ROOKEN (ECR, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jaak MADISON (ID, EE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Konstantinos ARVANITIS (The Left, EL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dino GIARRUSSO (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Alessandra MUSSOLINI (EPP, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ana MIRANDA (Greens/EFA, ES), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Alessandra MUSSOLINI (EPP, IT), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pietro BARTOLO (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicola DANTI (Renew, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Damien CAR&#202;ME (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jorge BUXAD&#201; VILLALBA (ECR, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE (ID, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malin BJ&#214;RK (The Left, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolas BAY (NI, FR), -