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Measures needing to be taken to resolve the
refugee problem

A person's life is infinitely valuable. EU countries must therefore
reinstate the Triton mission and initiate other operations to expand Mare
Nostrum to save the refugees from death. It is a complete violation of
its mission for EU countries, regarded as the pioneers of human rights,
to turn a blind eye to the deaths of hundreds of people in the middle

of Europe every month.

As the world public witnesses such suffering among refugees, the
response must not seem to be so feeble as to fail to assist these people
in such difficulties. Indeed, another report came out the other day. Prof.
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, a leading figure in the FAO campaign against
food waste, stated that 100 million tons of food is thrown away in
Europe every year. According to the most optimistic FAO estimate, one-
third of the food produced in the world is either lost before it can be

eaten or simply wasted.

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