in the European Union determined based on their international protection needs and any human rights imperatives ,” ( p . 8 ).
Event Description . This lesson is primarily based on these articles :
• “ Refugees Endangered and Dying Due to EU Reliance on Fences and Gatekeepers ,” Amnesty International ( 17 November 2015 ).
• “ The Building Blocks of Fortress Europe : How EU Policy is Failing Record Numbers of Migrants ,” Milene Larsson at VICE News ( 6 March 2015 ).
• “ Migrant Crisis : Migration to Europe Explained in Seven Charts ,” BBC News ( as of 4 March 2016 ).
• “ Europe ’ s Refugee Crisis : An Agenda for Action ,” Human Rights Watch ( December 2015 ).
• “ Words of concern , walls of deterrence : refugees pushed out to sea // How European indifference pushed MSF to take ‘ controversial ’ action ,” Aurelie Ponthieu , Médecins Sans Frontières ( MSF ) ( 17 April 2015 ).
• “ No One Deserves To Die At Sea ,” Robert Pelton , NewsDeeply ( 16 March 2016 ).
• “ Lifesaving Drones : ‘ No One Deserves to Die at Sea ,” Sarah Stanley ( 10 March 2015 ).
• “ Refugees in the Mediterranean : The worst yet ?” The Economist , ( 19 April 2015 ).
Additional Comments from the Lesson Author .
For more information on the 2011 tragedy off of Libya where the dinghy ’ s distress signals were not answered , see this lessons learned report written by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly , Resolution 1872 ( 2012 ): “ Lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea : Who is responsible ?”
Lesson Author : Ms . Katrina Gehman
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Lesbos Island , Greece ( 18 June 2016 ) Scene from Lesbos , Greece , on the day of UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon ’ s visit to the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the island , where many refugees and migrants land after journeying by sea . Mr . Ban ’ s visit came just ahead of World Refugee Day on 20 June . ( Photo Credit : UN Photo / Rick Bajornas )
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