EU seeks 'code of conduct' for NGOs rescuing migrants at sea by RFI published on 2017-07-04T14:40:50Z France, Germany and Italy say they've agreed to draw up what they're calling a "code of conduct" for charities operating boats in the Mediterranean to rescue migrants crossing from Africa to Europe. They want to regulate operations in the sea where the Italian coast guard, European border patrol forces and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) currently operate vessels that pick up stranded people. But NGOs workers are condemning the move -- they say it implies they are not doing their work properly and need to be regulated. RFI's Clea Broadhurst spoke to Tommaso Fabbri, the Head of Mission for Doctors Without Borders in Italy; Charles Heller from the Forensic Oceanography branch at the University of London and Mattia Toaldo, a Libya expert with the European Council on Foreign Relations. Genre News & Politics