The European Union has condemned rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in the Mediterranean, in a dramatic hardening of the bloc’s border policy that brings it in line with the continent’s anti-immigration populists.
After a summit in Brussels EU leaders backed the approach of Italy’s new government to the boats, suggesting the vessels should stay away and could be breaking the law by picking up those in distress.
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EU condemns rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in Mediterranean
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