The European Commission is announcing its plans for a migration agenda to tackle to growing crisis in the Mediterranean.
Over 1800 people are known to have died this year already when attempting to cross the sea in flimsy boats.
But the proposal will have to be agreed by the EU's national governments which is looking increasingly problematic.
Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.
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