Author: Ben Hayes

Ben Hayes is a fellow of the Transnational Institute and an independent researcher. He is also an external associate at PRIO.

Europe’s Quiet Offensive Against People Helping Refugees

Posted by and & filed under Humanitarianism, Migration, Security

A look back on three years since the end of Operation Mare Nostrum. Three years ago today, pressure by the European Union on Italy forced the end of one of the EU’s most successful humanitarian missions, Mare Nostrum, a search-and-rescue operation that in just one year brought 130,000 refugees safely to Europe’s shores. As the… Read more »