{"id":126438,"date":"2024-02-29T07:35:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-rules-must-change-to-avoid-new-migrant-ship-tragedy-ombudsman\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T07:35:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:35:18","slug":"eu-rules-must-change-to-avoid-new-migrant-ship-tragedy-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-rules-must-change-to-avoid-new-migrant-ship-tragedy-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"EU rules must change to avoid new migrant ship tragedy: ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126438\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Rules making the EU\u2019s border and coast guard agency Frontex dependent on national authorities need to change to avoid a repeat of a migrant ship tragedy off Greece last year that cost some 600 lives, an official probe concluded Wednesday. \u201cFrontex has a duty to help save lives at sea, but the tools for it are lacking, then this is clearly a matter for EU legislators,\u201d EU ombudsman Emily O\u2019Reilly said as she presented her report.<\/p>\n<p>A seven-month probe by her office into the June 13-14, 2023 sinking of an overcrowded trawler, the Adriana, crammed with migrants trying to reach Europe, found Frontex is unable to fully uphold EU rights obligations when carrying out sea rescues under current rules. \u201cFrontex includes \u2018coast guard\u2019 in its name but its current mandate and mission clearly fall short of that,\u201d O\u2019Reilly said. She warned that, unless the rules changed, it is likely \u201cthere will be a repeat of the Adriana tragedy\u201d, one of the worst to happen in European waters.<\/p>\n<p>Only 104 survivors were rescued and 82 bodies recovered after the ship \u2014 estimated to have been carrying more than 750 people \u2014 sank off Pylos, Greece. Survivors said the Greek coast guard tied a rope to the Adriana and powered off out to sea, causing it to capsize. Greek officials deny that account. The ombudsman\u2019s investigation noted that Greek coast guard recording equipment was switched off during the interaction with the Adriana and survivors said Greek coast guard officials took away their mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy occurred as Greece, along with Italy, was tightening borders against migrant arrivals after large inflows in 2015-2016, and as the EU was working through an overhaul of its rules on asylum-seekers. Rules approved in December aim to share hosting responsibilities across the 27-country bloc \u2014 and to speed up deportations of irregular migrants deemed ineligible to stay. Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch slammed the changes as a further shift towards \u201cFortress Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Reilly urged Frontex to weigh whether it should \u201cterminate, withdraw or suspend its activities\u201d in EU countries where there were \u201cconcerns\u201d working with national authorities may limit its duty to uphold rights and to save lives. \u201cThere is obvious tension between Frontex\u2019s fundamental rights obligations and its duty to support member states in border management control,\u201d she said. O\u2019Reilly also called on the European Parliament, European Commission and the European Council representing EU member states to launch an independent commission of inquiry into the tragedy and the \u201clarge number of deaths in the Mediterranean\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/world\/eu-rules-must-change-to-avoid-new-migrant-ship-tragedy-ombudsman\/article\">DJ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/eu-rules-must-change-to-avoid-new-migrant-ship-tragedy-ombudsman\/\">EU rules must change to avoid new migrant ship tragedy: ombudsman<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,274,2215,13594,13595],"class_list":["post-126438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-law","tag-migrant-ship","tag-trategy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}