It persuaded European Union partners to cease search and rescue missions for sinking vessels, effectively leaving people to drown.
Tory minister Baroness Anelay's claim last year that supporting search and rescue missions for sinking vessels was a "'pull factor', encouraging more migrants to attempt the dangerous sea crossing", convinced others in the European Union.
In May, footage of starving Rohingya refugees, abandoned by their traffickers on sinking vessels and initially refused permission to land by Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, brought international attention to the human rights catastrophe unfolding across Asia.
Klein is just the latest of a number of well-known writers who have fled such sinking vessels as the Post, the Times, and the Wall Street Journal for the faster, lighter, wing-sail multihulls that skim along the surface of digital media.
Orion harassment of Griffon shipping includes detaining merchant vessels, siphoning of refined oil products, and eventually firing upon and sinking vessels".
Two key factors play into the high death rate in the central Mediterranean compared to other routes: Smugglers carry people on unsafe crafts that are prone to capsizing and the journey is longer, which makes it more difficult for search and rescue boats to locate and assist sinking vessels.
