This Sunday, when around forty migrants lost their lives in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy, Ursula von der Leyen called for progress on the reform of the right of asylum in the European Union. She also asked to “redouble efforts concerning the Pact on migration and the right to asylum, and on the Action Plan for the Central Mediterranean”.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday called for progress on asylum reform in the European Union, after at least 40 migrants died in a shipwreck off Italy. .
After qualifying the death of these migrants in a tweet as a “tragedy” and saying she was “deeply saddened”, Ursula Von der Leyden called for “redoubled efforts concerning the Pact on migration and the right of asylum, and on the Central Mediterranean Action Plan”.
I am deeply saddened by the terrible shipwreck off the coast of Calabria.
The resulting loss of life of innocent migrants is a tragedy.
All together, we must redouble our efforts on the Pact on Migration & Asylum and on the Action Plan on the Central Mediterranean.
—Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2023
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