Muslims on refugee boat throw Christians overboard for being non-Muslims

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What ag is getting at is that not only are European countries adopting increasingly tight rules on immigration from outside the EU, but (and ultimately this is linked) that funding for rescue missions in the Mediterranean has recently been cut back. We are likely to see many many more accidents and 'accidents' in that sea over the coming decades.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It's more that policymakers (particularly at a European level) have decided that the best way to deter African refugees/immigrants is to make less of an effort to rescue them when (as so often happens) the rickety ships they are on sink.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The moral responsibility for their faith would still be on the human traffickers. No country is responsible for saving people in international waters.

This is broadly speaking true. Nevertheless...