“Fish Elsewhere”
Meanwhile, campaigners from 19 European countries have come together under the banner of “Fish Elsewhere” to call on Members of the European Parliament and the EU’s member states to specifically prohibit EU vessels from fishing in the waters of the Western Sahara. Nick Dearden, Campaigns Officer from War on Want, said: “In the very year in which the Saharawi people commemorate 30 years spent in refugee camps, the EU is signing an Agreement which will allow European countries to profit from their misery. We are calling on the EU to amend this Agreement, which in its current state violates the policy of EU member states and the EU itself.” Carlos Wilson from Western Sahara Resources Watch said: “If the United States can preclude Western Sahara from its Free Trade Agreement, there is no excuse for the EU failing to make a similar preclusion … It’s about time the EU put its resources into solving this conflict, not inflaming it.” See www.fishelsewhere.org for more info.
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