EU launches border and coast guard as numbers of migrants rescued surges

The European Union's new coastguard and border force is starting its first operations in tackling the refugee and migrant crisis. 

The start of this week has seen some of the highest numbers of people rescued daily in the Mediterranean with at least 50 people found dead. 

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports. 

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