More than 40,000 people have been stopped in the Mediterranean and sent to camps because of European migration policy, which is responsible for crimes against humanity, according to the document, which human rights lawyers submitted to the International Criminal Court ( ICC).
Citing EU documents, statements by the French president, the German chancellor and other EU officials, the document says EU officials are directly responsible for the deaths of migrants on land and at sea, and for "torture". theirs in the hands of the Libyan Coast Guard.
The document does not contain the names of European officials, reports KosovaPress.
"We will leave it to the prosecutors if he or she dares to enter the power structures and explore the hearts of Brussels, Paris, Berlin and Rome and look at the archives of meetings and negotiations, see who is behind the scenes doing tried to push policies that have so far caused the death of 14.000 people," said lawyer Juan Branko.
In 2014, around 3.200 migrants died at sea. A year later, the number has increased to more than 4,000 and in 2016 this figure, according to the International Organization for Migration, has increased to over 5,100 deaths and disappearances.
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