The head of the European Parliament has launched a scathing attack on some European countries he accuses of failing to take in refugees.<\/p>\n
Martin Schulz says amid the European blame game the Mediterranean Sea is being turned into a \u201cmass grave\u201d while \u201cgruesome scenes\u201d are being played out at borders.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not dealing with a failure of the EU, but rather with a glaring failure of some governments, who don\u2019t want to take responsibility and thereby impede a joint European solution,\u201d Schulz, a German Social Democrat, said in an interview with the country\u2019s Die Welt newspaper.<\/p>\n
It came as 683 migrants and refugees arrived at Messina in Sicily on Saturday after being rescued from boats in the Mediterranean by the Italian coast guard.<\/p>\n
The bodies of two who died trying to cross from Africa were also brought ashore (\u2026)<\/p>\n
Some 3,500 people take the train every day in the village of Gevgelija.<\/p>\n
Three people have been arrested in Libya suspected of helping launch a boat packed with migrants that sank, killing up to 200 people. (\u2026)<\/p>\n
Euronews\u00a0 (By Alasdair Sandford | With REUTERS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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