Cutro shipwreck: Italian Church blasts weak 'responses'

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 23 - The Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) said Thursday that the February 26 migrant-boat shipwreck off the Calabrian town of Cutro, in which at least 87 people died, has highlighted weakness in the policies adopted to manage the arrival of refugees and migrants.
    "The Cutro tragedy is a open wound which shows the weakness of the responses enacted," the CEI said.
    "Limiting oneself to closing, controlling and turning people back not only fails to offer broad solutions, but it also contributes to feeding illegal conduct.
    "Far-sighted European and national policies are needed to manage entry flows via legal channels, which means safe paths that avoid dangerous sea voyages". (ANSA).