News Breadcrumb Home News ... Professor Alexander Betts comments on the EU response to the recent deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean Date 30 Apr 2015 Alexander Betts Share image/svg+xml image/svg+xml image/svg+xml "Boat People at Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea" by Vito Manzari from Martina Franca (TA), Italy - Immigrati Lampedusa. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boat_People_at_Sicily_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea. Alexander Betts has commented widely in the media on the current refugee crisis in the Mediterranean area, and its many complexities.He has talked to the New York Times (18 April), the BBC World Service (at around 1hr 10m in programme) and BBC Radio 5 Live (21 April), BBC World News (22 April), CNN (23 April), Global News Canada (24 April), The Observer and El Pais (26 April). Other news Image 2 Jul 2025 Ali Al Youha wins prestigious PSA prize for thesis on the formation of political sovereignty in the Gulf Ali Al Youha Image 2 Jul 2025 DPIR’s Natasja Rupesinghe scoops top BISA prize for best DPhil thesis in International Studies Natasja Rupesinghe
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