Walid Ellafi

Only a Comprehensive Approach Will Solve Mediterranean Migration

Opinion - Jul 16, 2024

cc Flickr, modified, Commander, U.S. Naval For, 160729-N-ZE250-283 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 29, 2016) - Sailors assigned to USS Carney (DDG 64) provide security while members of the SOS Mediterranee ship MS Aquarius rescue migrants on a small craft in the Mediterranean Sea July 29, 2016. Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Weston Jones/Released)

Ad hoc and punitive approaches to Mediterranean migration are doomed to fail. Only a comprehension and cooperative approach based on mutual respect and shared responsibility can prevail. The Mediterranean Migration Forum (TMMF) is just that.