Given the intensification of boat movements and continued unbearable loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea, we, the undersigned*, take note of the Special European Council's decision of 23 April 2015. We acknowledge the Council's specific undertaking to "mobilize all efforts at its disposal to prevent further loss of life at sea and to tackle the root causes of the human emergency."
The Council's decision is an important first step towards collective European action: the only approach that can tackle a phenomenon of such a scale, complexity and trans-national nature. It will also help pave the way for further elaboration of a new EU Migration Agenda.
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