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File Name | S21-Policy-NCFCA-25-NEG-Mare-Nostrum.docx |
File Size | 219.21 KB |
Date added | February 1, 2021 |
Category | Archived |
Tags | Debate, NCFCA, Policy, Season 21 |
Author | Vance Trefethen |
Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea”) was a Search & Rescue (SAR) naval operation conducted by the Italian government several years ago. Its mission was to go down to the coast of Libya and search for floundering boats of migrants trying to get to Europe and rescue them from drowning. It was credited with saving thousands of lives, but the program was cancelled after the Italian government got tired of funding it and the Italian voters got tired of all the new migrants showing up in Italy at their expense. The EU replaced it with some scaled down naval operations that did a little bit of SAR along with a lot of interdiction and law enforcement. A lot more migrant boats have been sinking since Mare Nostrum was canceled, and the Affirmative will offer a plan to simply restore Mare Nostrum and fund it at the EU level. This brief argues that the EU is not responsible for leaky boats many miles out of its jurisdiction and that migrants have no moral claim upon the EU taxpayer to rescue them from their own bad decisions.