Lampedusa MEP urges law reform on migrant crossings
MEP Pietro Bartolo wants a fundamental review on the safety of migrants and how they are processed
The first three months of 2023 has been described as the ‘deadliest’ for migrants crossing the Mediterranean by the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Pietro Bartolo, Member of the European Parliament for Lampedusa, off the coast of southern Italy, says there needs to be a fundamental rethink on how migrants are received and processed.
Plus, what is behind the deaths in Kenya linked to the Good News International Church?
And relatives of dozens of school girls who are still missing after being abducted in north-east Nigeria in 2014, have once again urged the government to seek their release.
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