The European Council’s conclusion to postpone a decision on the Mediterranean migration issue is shameful, according to Alternattiva Demokratika deputy chairman Carmel Cacopardo.
He said the European Council was incapable of putting into practice the European values of respect towards life and human dignity.
“The EU has for years been postponing decisions on real and practical solidarity on the Mediterranean migration issue as an EU issue. Malta should publicly support the positions taken by the European Greens and recently reiterated by EU Parliament President Martin Schultz on responsibility sharing and the reform of the Dublin II Convention as well as the creation of legal migration channels into the EU,” he said.