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UN: take bold steps to rescue refugees
Senior officials demand that EU leaders put human life first
by Our Foreign Desk
SENIOR United Nations officials took the unusual step of urging European Union leaders to take “bold collective action” to save refugees’ lives in the Mediterranean.
UN high commissioner for refugees Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general’s special representative Peter Sutherland, UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and International Organisation for Migration director-general William L Swing united in their call to EU politicians.
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