EU rejects UN blame for migrant sea deaths

The European Commission says the EU cannot be held responsible for the deaths of people fleeing Libya by crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

"The European Union is not the cause of this tragedy of irregular migration and the fact that persons are losing their lives," said EU commission spokesperson, Peter Stano on Friday (28 May).

But it is a position contested by the UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet.

Last week, she

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