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Are NGO-operated rescue vessels encouraging migrants to cross the Mediterranean?

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Host Justin Stares sits down with MEP Fabrice Leggeri, member of France’s hard-right National Rally and former head of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. Join us as we discuss emotive subjects such as ‘push-backs’ of migrants by member states and ask whether NGO-operated rescue ships in the Mediterranean are a ‘pull-factor’ for migrants seeking to reach mainland Europe.