Migrants would have died without Italian rescue, says UN
(AGI) Rome, Dec 5 - It is more important "to protect a humanlife than to protect a border," said UN special rapporteur onmigrant rights Francois Crepeau. It was cynical of Italy toclaim its Mare Nostrum migrant rescue operation would attractmigrants rather than serve as a deterrent. "It is false," hesaid at a press conference, "but even if it were true whatshould we do, let them die at sea?" What needs to be done todeter traffickers is to work on the resettlement of refugees inricher countries and to abandon "repressive policies that do