Thursday, April 23, 2015

EU HOLDS MIGRANTS SUMMIT

The European Union is holding an extraordinary summit of leaders to address the growing number of migrant deaths at sea. 

The meeting comes after a series of tragedies in the Mediterranean which have seen at least 1,700 people drown this year already. 

Proposals on the agenda include a military mandate for the destruction of boats used by people traffickers.

Europe correspondent Jack Parrock says leaders know they have to be seen to be taking action.

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Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says some leaders will be insisting the problem needs to be tackled at source rather than at sea. 

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Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says leaders must focus on search and rescue as well as root causes.

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