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the situation failed to assist. Seventy-two migrants starved to death
before the eyes of the world in that incident as the world just sat back
and watched.

The weakening of conscience in the EU countries on this issue
needs to be especially emphasized. The subject of discussion is not, of
course, the fine people of Europe, but a political mentality that regards
financial and racial interests as all-important. It is precisely because of
such attitudes that national governments become apathetic and soul-

less capable of abandoning people to die out in the sea.

Under the pressures of the United Nations,
Italy was forced to end an operation that
saved hundreds of refugees, namely Mare
Nostrum. It would be a mistake to call the new
system named Triton, a replacement for Mare
Nostrum, as a rescue operation. This system
seems to be designed to protect only the
coasts of the EU, not to save refugees.

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