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that their boat was taking on water, he realized that his wife and
daughter did not know how to swim. Saving them was the first thing
he thought about. However it was so crowded that he couldn't even
head towards them and the boat rapidly sank. In the darkness he held
on to a piece of wood in the sea and screamed out the names of his
wife and his daughter with all his might but his voice faded out between
the screams of those asking for help. As day broke he was taken into

an Italian boat. Along with their sunken boat all his dreams about a
safe life were destroyed. Moreover he had lost his wife and his daughter.

Similar stories have been repeated with distressing frequency in
the last two years. Many people from Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea and
Sub-Saharan African countries are looking for salvation by going to
Europe. According to Public Prosecutor of Palermo, Maurizio Scalia,
more than one million asylum seekers are waiting, ready to go to Italy
from Libya right now. 40

A part of those trying to go to Europe take off with the hope of
achieving a better life and better earnings. In many European countries,
asylum seekers are considered as outsiders wanting to exploit their

riches.
The action plan prepared by the EU Ministers of Internal and For-
eign Affairs reveal that Europe considers the problems of asylum
seekers not as a problem of humanity but as their own security problem.

Actually a similar plan was prepared in 2013 by another com-

mission and was submitted to the approval of member countries. On
the Voice of America website, the old plan is compared with the new
one and the following evaluation is made:

The most striking aspect of the plan that has a feel of a pre-
vious plan which was submitted for approval on 2013 and was
rejected by 24 of 28 member countries, is that it has an even
lower human dimension. 41

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