Thursday 23 April 2015

EU holding an emergency summit on Mediterranean migrant crisis

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European Union leaders are holding an emergency summit Thursday to find ways to tackle the rising numbers of migrants making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.

More than 800 people drowned in a shipwreck on Saturday off the coast of Libya in the deadliest migrant boat sinking incident ever recorded in the Mediterranean

So far this year, 1750 people have died, while in one week alone 10,000 migrants were rescued from the seas between Italy and Libya

Multiple reports ahead of Thursday's meeting suggested that proposals included plans for a military mandate to destroy the boats used by people smugglers Read more...

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