KKE MEPs: Urgent letter to Ursula von der Leyen for the tragic migrant shipwreck off Pylos

In an urgent letter (here in Greek) addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Europarliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) denounces the recent tragic, deadly migrant shipwreck off the coast of South Greece and calls her to position herself on the EU's anti-immigration policy.

More specifically, the MEPs of the KKE point out in their letter:

"Mrs President,

"Their profits or our lives": Statement of the KKE on the deadly migrant shipwreck off Southern Greece

Following the tragic news of the deadly migrant shipwreck off Pylos, Southern Greece, in international waters, which led to 79 confirmed deaths and numerous missing, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued a statement. 

Furthermore, the Party's General Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas made an emergency visit to Kalamata, while members of the KKE and its youth wing, KNE, proceeded to protests in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities. Demonstrations are also scheduled for today throughout the country.