900 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean

As many as 900 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean in a series of shipwrecks off Libya in the last few days, according to Medicines Sans Frontieres.

Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the dangerous crossing from Africa to Europe.

Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports.

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