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The organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the European Union (EU) to act immediately atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the refugee situation atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the Mediterranean Sea. The call follows the latest tragedy that saw atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder least 700 migrants perish atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder an attempt to flee from their troubled homelands and reach Europe. This brings the death toll to over 1,000 in the past week. HRW spokesperson Judith Sunderland said: "The EU is standing atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder with arms crossed while hundreds die atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder its shores. These deaths might well have been prevented if the EU had launched a genuine search-and-rescue effort." Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi singled atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder Libya as the key problem and said efforts should focus atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder refugee boats leaving Libyan ports.

The 28-member EU is atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder fire atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder within atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder its policy to scale down efforts to save lives atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder sea. Divisions began last year when the EU cut its search-and-rescue budget atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder two-thirds. Martin Schulz, president atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the European Parliament, said: "Europe can do more and Europe must do more. It is a shame and a confession atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder failure how many countries run atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder from responsibility." Maltese PM Joseph Muscat warned: "We will all be judged atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the same way that history has judged Europe when it turned a blind eye atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the genocide atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder this century and last century." Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy said: "This is the umpteenth time we hear atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder yet another human tragedy atawaybyfrominofoffonoutovertounder the Mediterranean….Words won't do any more."