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EU Leaders Called to Summit as More Boats Sink in Mediterranean

Distress calls have been received from at least two more boats in the Mediterranean carrying migrants, with reports of 20 further fatalities, including children. The Italian coast guard is believed to be asking commercial vessels in the area to respond

Donna Rachel Edmunds

20 Apr 2015, 9:58 AM PST

With Numbers Set to Rise, Europe Hunts for the Gangs that Trafficked 170,000 People into Europe Last Year

Europol, the EU police agency, has launched a taskforce dedicated to rooting out the people traffickers who last year sent 170,000 illegal migrants in a perilous journey across the Mediterranean. 3,000 of those shipped across died as overloaded boats sank

Donna Rachel Edmunds

19 Apr 2015, 9:18 AM PST