The European Union has announced new measures aimed at preventing deaths in the Mediterranean sea of migrants fleeing war, poverty and political repression in the Middle East and Africa.
After crisis talks held on April 23 in the wake of the drowning of 750 migrants while crossing from Libya for either Italy or Malta, European leaders said they will triple funding for search-and-rescue operations to $86 million, deploy the military to capture and destroy smugglers’ boats, and station immigration officers in the most affected source countries.
