Maria Gavouneli talks about the shipwreck off Pylos and what needs to be done at the national and European level. In particular, she underlined that: “By law, they couldn’t very well do anything else from that point in time. This is a close call”, and “Greece has been penalized for intervening before, though, so decisions on rescuing migrant boats are particularly sensitive”. She finished by pointing out that “We need to come up with a proper framework for asylum and migration in Europe, we cannot wait for catastrophe after catastrophe”.
Read the interview here.
