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Our leaders must stop the Migration Pact from being cemented in EU law. Replace it with a policy that protects people and puts humanity first. We want a migration system that:

Respects the rights of people seeking asylum
Supports rescue missions at sea and monitors to stop human rights abuses at borders
Shares the responsibility of welcoming refugees fairly across European countries

Frontex must be dismantled immediately and funds redirected to efforts to properly receive stranded refugees at Europe’s coasts and borders.
Decision makers and officials must be held accountable for their part in facilitating these deaths.

Why is this important?

At 11:00pm on Tuesday 13th June a boat carrying as many as 750 people sank off the coast of Greece. It took 5 hours for rescue vessels to arrive. Many children are among the dead, with only around 100 survivors at the time of writing. [1]

This is a crime, a mass killing of up to 600 people on the move, stranded in the ocean. The victims were made up of families, most tragically children - people like you and me. They deserved help. They deserved safety and dignity. But authorities failed to act. We must never allow this to happen again.

So WeMove is teaming up with organisations across Europe. Our first step is to form a massive coalition of people — and together, we can hold those responsible for this disaster to account. The European border policy is killing people. An event like this, a moment so tragic and heartbreaking that it's almost impossible to conceive, could become the breaking point in Europe's cruel approach to people on the move.

Will you join this campaign to make sure that this never ever happens again in Europe?

References:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mediterranean-libya-greece-boat-capsized-rescue-b2357978.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65914476
https://www.wemove.eu/en/victories/eu-border-chief-resign

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Recent comments

Margret

Equal right for all. Stop unfair structural discriminatie based on nationality.

Monique

L' UNION FAIT LA FORCE.... ALORS SOYONS NOMBREUX A SIGNER ET A PARTAGER encore et encore !!

Gheorghe

We should care more for people.

Ingeborg

We all have the same human rights and should base our actions on that, that's our anker for happiness!

Elizabeth

No one should die seeking safety

Anika

As an EU-citizen I feel deeply ashamed. The EU is not only subsidizing authoritarian regimes abroad that abuse the human rights of their own citizens and refugees, but the EU is also responsible for the push-backs and its organization Frontex should be dismantled. By signing this petition, I want to address the members of European Parliament, member states including my own country, The Netherlands, to dismantle Frontex and to also end the financial support to countries that violate the human rights of refugees.

Georgia

everyone deserves the same rights

Lotte

Every human life counts!

Joakim

Stop this craziness now!

Sharon

Refugees on boats risk their lives - we should help them without delay and especially when they are at imminent risk of death by drowning

Felicity

Genuine asylum seekers only, NOT economic migrants. If the economic migrants want to migrate to our country they must apply through the legal channels. Just rocking up to a country, breaking into it puts people's backs up. Having said all that we desperately need a fully functioning migration application system. The current one is so bad its a joke.

Charles

No more deaths on migration routes!

Peter

We need equiity between EU Nations, and humanity ofr asyllum seekers.

Fellia

Changes need to be made - sadly too many lives have been lost

John

Help each other

Dick

I am deeply ashamed of my shameless government, on so many issues, but especially on immigration and refugees.

Miriam

Obviously the ultra rich have too much money for a joyride. (Probably because they pay no tax). GOOD RIDANCE TO THESE PARASITES.

Joel

Migrants are not criminals, rapists, thieves, murderers, scroungers or any of the other hideous, dehumanising & disgusting descriptions used by the ignorant, fascists, racists & their ilk. They are women, children, men, fleeing desperate, deadly situations, conflicts, wars, political oppression, persecution. Safe routes must be implemented by our Governments & everything that can be done to rescue those capsized at sea must be done.

T. 'M.

Stop the mass murders Stop the pushbscks Frontex should be sued Frontex agents should be jailed

Caroline

We should be helping those fleeing awful circumstances not punishing them for trying to seek safety

Pamela

The inhumanity of this murder is beyond belief

jacqueline

Safe routes should be the priority, not the removal of those who have lived through terrrible experiences. Create legal, safe channels so that those in this situation are supported, not feared!

Ian

650 dead - disgraceful

Carol

It seems particularly ironic that the following week millions of dollars was spent trying to rescue 5 wealthy people who chose to take a risky journey to explore the Titanic. How do we value people's lives?

Richard

Comparison of resources used between Titan and the refugee boat says it all about the society we live in . Sickening

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