After months of tortuous negotiations, 14 members of the United Nations Security Council voted to approve a new anti-trafficking resolution that will allow the EU to capture the vessels of people-smugglers in the Mediterranean. Only Venezuela abstained.
"Action against smugglers on the high sea won’t solve this crisis alone, but it will send a message that people cannot profit from this evil trade with impunity. It will save lives," said British Ambassador to the UN’s Matthew Rycroft.
More than 2,600 people have died crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa so far this year, with over 550,000 reaching European shores alive, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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