article_snippet.sent: But some EU critics called for much tougher action to deter asylum seekers from making the risky journey.
article_snippet.sent: That's why it is so urgent that the countries of Europe adopt very strong policies that will end the people smuggling trade across the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: That process was widely condemned by human rights advocates, given ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
article_snippet.sent: The drowning of asylum seekers who sought passage via people smugglers appear to have increased, in particular, in the Bay of Bengal.
article_snippet.sent: As the situation in Europe illustrates, just because people are not making it to your shoreline to seek asylum does not mean people stop attempting asylum.
article_snippet.sent: Nando Sigona argues that the recent tragedy in Italy is not just about how to manage search and rescue operations, but requires consistent and long-term engagement with the root causes of refugee flows.
article_snippet.sent: Italy is a good example of the failure of trying to stop asylum seekers with deterrence.
article_snippet.sent: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has noted that this new program is totally inadequate and "more geared to border control and policing the seas than to saving lives".
highlights_snippet.sent: The European Union is trying to stop thousands of migrants from drowning at sea .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Migrants risk Migrants lives by paying people smugglers to get people smugglers to Europe .
  