The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it has received a distress call from a sinking boat with 300 migrants in the Mediterranean. Some 20 people are reported dead, according to a IOM spokesman said. The caller said about three boats needed help in international waters.
EU foreign and interior ministers are due to discuss the deaths of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa, BBC reports. They duo will meet in Luxembourg. Some southern European nations say the EU’s credibility is now at stake after last year’s decision to scale back search and rescue efforts. On Sunday, hundreds […]
