More on Europe's failure . . .

European Commission's Franco Frattini called African deaths at sea a "European failure."  According to the report, the Maltese government plans to propose a burden-sharing and solidarity system on patrolling search and rescue areas of international waters.  Current law of the sea provides a general obligation to save lives at sea, but it does not assign responsibility.  Hopefully, Europe can come up with a reasonable responsibility sharing agreement before more lives are lost . . .