UK OPPOSES FUTURE MIGRANT RESCUES IN MEDITERRANEAN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 13:09

The UK would not support future search and rescue operations to prevent migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, the Foreign Office has said.

Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay has said such operations can encourage more people to attempt to make the dangerous sea crossing to enter Europe.

An Italian mission is being wound down and an EU force will carry out a more limited border security operation.

The UK has offered support to the new enterprise, the Home Office said.

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