Shipowners: German navy should rescue refugees outside of EU zone

The German Shipowners' Association calls for the country's navy to rescue refugees outside of the so-called Triton zone, which is the EU's largest operational zone in the Mediterranean. These are the waters where the worst refugee disasters occur, says the association.
Photo: Francesco Viviano/AP/POLFOTO/arkiv
Photo: Francesco Viviano/AP/POLFOTO/arkiv
BY DANIEL LOGAN BERG-MUNCH

The biggest and most devastating refugee disasters in the Mediterranean mainly occur in a 200 to 300 kilometer-wide area between the EU's Triton operational zone and the coast of Libya, says the German Shipowners' Association, Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR), which requests that Germany's navy patrols these waters that are otherwise primarily navigated by merchant vessels.

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