Amnesty International
Invitation to Press Briefing (Embargoed)
(Brussels, 21 April) Tomorrow, on Wednesday 22 April Amnesty International will release a new report, Europe’s Sinking Shame. The Failure to Save Refugees and Migrants at Sea. This report follows the recent tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea, and will be released ahead of the emergency European Summit in Brussels on Thursday 23 April.
The report provides in-depth analysis of the current crisis, and survivor testimonies from the first three months of 2015. It details how current search and rescue operations are far from what is required to address the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in the Mediterranean.
Amnesty International is calling for an immediate, robust and concerted search and rescue operation to be put in place by European Union member states.
– When
Wednesday 22 April at 11:00 (CET)
– Where
Amnesty International Belgium (Francophone) office, rue Berckmans, 9, 1060 Saint-Gilles
– Who
Iverna McGowan, acting director of Amnesty International European Institutions Office; Philippe Hensmans, director of Amnesty International Belgium Francophone section; Eva Berghmans, policy advisor at Amnesty International Belgium Flemish section
Amnesty International will release its report, Europe’s Sinking Shame. The Failure to Save Refugees and Migrants at Sea on 22 April at 13:01. All embargoes will be lifted at this time.
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Maeve Patterson
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Amnesty International European Institutions Office
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Belgian Francophone media
Valérie Michaux
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Belgian Flemish media
Lore Van Welden
Press Officer
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