The refugees cast adrift in the Mediterranean

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : "It is deeply troubling that Turkish-driven propaganda and fake news about illegal migration is so often mistakenly taken as fact," he said in a statement online.
55% : They include the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Geneva Convention, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the 1979 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue.
52% : "The European Union has to keep its promises," he added, referring to a 2016 deal with the EU.
48% : Arrivals are stripped of their belongings such as mobile phones, money, identity documentation and medical documentation that might serve as proof to claim asylum.
47% : "Violence, ill-treatment and pushbacks continue to be regularly reported at multiple entry points at land and sea borders, within and beyond the European Union," said a statement by Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
45% : Regardless of whether they would have eventually gained asylum, they were denied the legal right to have their claims heard.

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