Search and rescue: “it is our moral and legal duty to save people from drowning,” says Birgit Sippel MEP

The EU Search and Rescue Mission would be implemented by both the responsible national authorities in member states and the EU border.

Comment came from, S&D spokesperson on home affairs: she said,“Search and rescue is not an arbitrary political decision – quite the contrary: it is our moral and legal duty to save people from drowning. 

“With the resolution being adopted, we send a clear signal that member states and the Commission must fully assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities.”

Photographer: Brigitte HASE Copyright: © European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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