A year on from the Lampedusa shipwrecks, which claimed more than 500 lives, a new report by Amnesty International highlights how, what Amnesty called the “shameful inaction of European Union (EU) countries” has contributed to a spiralling death toll with thousands of refugees and migrants losing their lives in a desperate bid to reach European […]
Damanaki Harpoons Fish Rogues
Maria Damanaki, European Fisheries Commissioner harpooned Belize, Cambodia and Guinea today, following a formal warning by the Commission one year ago. Damanaki intensified the Commission’s fight against illegal fishing by identifying Belize, Cambodia and Guinea as non-cooperating third countries. Despite the Commission working closely with the countries’ authorities to set up fisheries management and effective control […]