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. Closing by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

migration and refugees in Europe (T)

death of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea (T)

JOHANSSON, Ylva (SE, EC)

NAVARRO RÍOS, Pascual Ignacio

The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean: closing by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union

SOUNDBITE (English), Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, -

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Pascual Ignacio NAVARRO R&#205;OS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, -