Italian court jails Tunisian boat captain for role in 700 migrant deaths

An Italian court has jailed a Tunisian man for 18 years - saying he was the captain of a migrant boat that sank in April 2015, killing 700 people.

Mohammed Ali Malek's lawyers said a smuggling gang had forced him to pilot the boat. 

Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports from Brussels.

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