Thursday, April 16, 2015

Further calls for collective EU effort to tackle growing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean

Further calls for a Europe-wide response to the growing migrant crisis in Mediterranean are being made after around 400 people died when their boat capsized.

With 175 thousand migrants making the crossing in 2014, the Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentolini says entry countries like Italy, Greece and Malta need more support from their European Union partners.

Jack Parrock reports.  

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