According to the NGOs and the International Organization for Migration citing both survivors, several hundred people are missing and may have drowned after the sinking of a makeshift boat as they tried to win the Italy.
About 150 survivors were rescued and taken to an Italian port.
Faced with this that it represents with over 7,000 arrivals since Tuesday, MEPs are trying to find solutions. Among them, the former Italian Minister and MP for the center-left Cécile Kashetu Kyenge and one of his colleagues from the Maltese center-right.
"We thought that the passage of the Mare Nostrum Triton operation would have decreased the number of deaths, but that is not the case. Unfortunately, they have increased. This is a central issue for European policy, which is why we want to work closely with the Commission and the Member States to get out of an emergency situation and finally get into a structural perspective including changes in the law asylum and cooperation. "
For before the drama relayed by Save the Children, more than 500 people had died since the beginning of the year trying to cross the Mediterranean an increase of 47% compared to the same period last year.
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