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 20 Mar 2024 Javier Perez Sandoval awarded 2024 Frank Cass Prize Image 19 Mar 2024 Global Leadership Challenge project shortlisted for a Vice Chancellor's Award