Skipper Arrested as EU Vows Human Trafficking Crackdown
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Italian authorities held the captain of the vessel that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea causing the deaths of hundreds of refugees, as European Union governments pledged a crackdown on human trafficking.
The arrests of the skipper and another crew member followed the weekend disaster in which hundreds fleeing through conflict-wracked Libya were feared drowned. That prompted EU leaders to call a summit Thursday to speed up a 10-point migration-management plan that was due to be unveiled in May.