NGOs tell Commission: Don’t support Malta plan to send back refugees
As EU leaders meet for Malta summit, NGOs call on European Commission not to support Malta proposal to suspend non-refoulement principle
Malta’s human rights NGOs have called on the European Commission to refrain from taking action on the Maltese presidency’s plans for a €200 million migration plan that has proposed the suspension of the key humanitarian principle of non-refoulement. “Anything short of an absolute and clear non-engagement will inevitably result in complicity in flouting the Union’s values and making these Europe’s darkest day,” the NGOs said in a stark warning over the Maltese plan. Weiterlesen »