I dont really see how the EU border could become any more hard than it already is, unless the EU puts money into making a 21st century Iron Curtain with Turkey and gives a general order of not assisting and repelling migrant ships.
well, the member states of the EU and most countries in the world are signatories of the UNCLOS and part of that treaty is that ships in need have to be rendered assistance at all times as much as possible. it also outlines that signatories must maintain a coast guard that is able to rescue vessels and the people on board (and detain illigal trespassers afterwards in this case). The Illigality of the ship or its users is irrelevant to this treaty.
The second point is that rescueing and assisting ships in need is one of the oldest informal rules at sea, sailing past without doing anything is, well, kinda unethical
Im not saying that the EU couldnt do something like that (if there is political will, there is a way) but it would be in contravention of a signed treaty and naval tradition
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