For a brief while in October it seemed the EU might be shocked into doing something about the recurring immigration horror on its southern coastline.
Over 350 people drowned when a boat from Africa capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa.\n \nIt was the largest incident of its type in a sea which has been called a "graveyard" for the number of lives it claims of people trying to reach Greece, Malta or Italy.
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, visibly moved, granted the de...
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Already a member? Login hereNikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.