seven concrete political demands: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n1. we need a European sea rescue mission! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n The Member States must be proactive in carrying out rescue operations at sea by making ships and resources available, and the European Commission must coordinate them and provide financial support to Member States to improve their ability to save lives at sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. EU cooperation with the Libyan Coast Guard must be ended<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Europe must not evade its obligations in sea rescue by shifting responsibility to a country that can under no circumstances be considered a safe place. The EU must stop cooperating with Libya. Instead of funding the Libyan coast guard, which is also an association of warlords, the EU should invest in its own sea rescue capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. people rescued from distress at sea in the Mediterranean must be brought to Europe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n the study shows that none of the north african Mediterranean states can generally be classified as a safe haven. for vulnerable groups such as LGBTI or other minorities, these states are not safe. since it is not feasible to determine which territories would be safe for people and which would not, on board the rescue ships, Europe cannot shirk its responsibility and must bring people to safe havens in Europe. this also applies to NGO ships. cooperation with the libyan coast guard is a violation of international law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. the criminalisation and intimidation of NGOs must stop<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Ship captains* and crew members must not be prosecuted for rescuing people in distress at sea. These people are life-savers*, not criminals. The European Commission must decide that humanitarian aid must not be criminalised by the Member States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. the EU must work closely with NGOs <\/h4>\n\n\n\n Civil organisations cannot exempt member states from their obligation to rescue people in distress themselves, but they can help save lives. The EU should support NGOs in the rescue effort by opening its ports to them, simplifying the registration of ships for sea rescue and informing them about emergencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Europe needs a reliable redistribution mechanism<\/h4>\n\n\n\n The EU Commission must develop a solidarity-based and humanitarian alternative to the Dublin system, in which the rights and wishes of the refugees are respected. A high level of solidarity and readiness to receive refugees must also be promoted financially. In this context, the readiness of local and regional authorities and regions should be taken into account and supported with EU funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. the EU must stop misusing development funds for migration prevention <\/h4>\n\n\n\n The EU is supporting the Libyan coastguard through the\nEU Trust Fund for Africa. This is a misuse of funds that are supposed to be used\nfor development cooperation. The aim of development cooperation\nis to fight poverty, not migration. In general\nbe made much more transparent about how EU money is used in third countries.\nare used.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The report \"Places of Safety in the Mediterranean: The EU's Policy of Outsourcing Responsibility\" by the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation shows that the North African Mediterranean states cannot be considered \"safe havens\" and that the EU cannot therefore outsource sea rescue to these states. This is especially true for the civil war country Libya. Since 2014, …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[22,50,19,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-1096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-migration","8":"category-politik","9":"category-misc","10":"tag-libyen","11":"tag-mittelmeer","12":"tag-seenotrettung","13":"tag-sicherer-hafen","15":"with-featured-image"},"yoast_head":"\n
Europa darf die Seenotrettung nicht an Libyen auslagern<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n