European Union foreign and defense ministers meeting in Brussels are set to approve a plan to use military force to destroy migrants traffickers boats in the Mediterranean sea.
The controversial proposal is part of a wider EU agenda to tackle to growing migrants crisis as tens of thousands of people board flimsy boats hoping to reach EU shores.
Nearly 2000 have drowned this year already.
Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.
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