EU pushes for sea patrols in wake of migrant shipwreck
Source: France24
A shipwreck off Lampedusa that killed hundreds of asylum seekers is set to dominate talks Tuesday between EU internal affairs ministers, with the EU Commission expected to push for maritime patrols to cope with the constant flood of refugees.
More bodies recovered
As the home affairs ministers from the 28 EU member states gathered in Brussels, divers brought up four more bodies off Lampedusa amid an ongoing search for the more than 200 still missing after a ship carrying up to 500 Eritrean and Somalian refugees sank on October 3.
Rescuers pulled 155 people from the sea after the boat sank and so far 235 bodies have been found. The final toll is expected to be between 300 and 360 dead.
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Italy says 30,000 migrants have arrived so far this year -- more than four times the number from last year -- and says that other nations, particularly in wealthier northern Europe, should share the burden.
Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20131008-eu-brussels-sea-patrols-lampedusa-cope-refugees
More about the untenable situation on Lampedusa at the BBC site:
Parallel lives on Lampedusa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24442089
