The latest Mediterranean migrant boat disaster has cast a light on Australia’s cruel treatment of asylum seekers, Greens Leader Christine Milne says.
The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died when their boat capsized off Libya on Sunday, as rescue crews continue to recover bodies.
The response by Sicilian authorities shows that Europeans respect the dignity of these boat people, Senator Milne said.
((As they haul their corpses from the sea (quote from tim blair))
