Law
Most member states of the European Union ratified various international treaties and conventions that are supposed to protect human rights. However, reports by various human rights groups have posted disturbing figures about the number of asylum seekers and immigrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe but are not given asylum. Through the provisions of the UNCLOS-United Nation Convention on The Law of the sea, EU member states have an obligation to come to the rescue of a person who is distressed at sea, Follis (2015: 41). The action of various nations from the European Union have been criticised ...