Mediterranean

900 people drowned crossing the Mediterranean last week as EU leaders step up efforts to destroy traffickers' vessels.

EU leaders agree to triple naval search mission in Mediterranean following drowning of 900 people in past week.

Unmanned aircraft could be used to spot migrants boats in trouble, helping to stop further tragedies.

Three other rescue operations underway on Monday as EU ministers present plan to double funding for Triton operation.

Twenty eight people were rescued and 24 bodies were recovered after a fishing vessel sank around 70 miles from the Libyan coast.

Greece is unable to react to Turkey's trespassing into its territory due to lack in military funding.

Over 10,000 migrants arrived in the first three months of this year.

An activist inside Derna, Libya tells of floggings and beheadings half a day's sail from Italy and Greece.

The North African migrants were on seven vessels which were rescued in a single day this week, Italian and Tunisian authorities said on Wednesday.

The Russian navy will be allowed to use ports on the Mediterranean island nation, in a move that has alarmed experts.

Italian defence minister speaks of "urgent" need to tackle jihadists in North Africa amid wave of boat refugees.

ISIS militants allegedly smuggled into Europe through eastern Mediterranean borders disguised as refugees.

The boat sent out a distress call on Tuesday, but no gunmen were found on board

Air crews raced to rescue as many of the hundreds trapped on board as possible before nightfall as storms hampered seaborne operations.

Hundreds of migrants fleeing war zones in Africa and the Middle East have drowned in the "deadliest weekend ever in the Mediterranean", says UNHCR

More than 5,000 people were rescued by the Italian Navy this weekend as migrants attempt to cross from North Africa.