EU Pledges Navy Ships to Save Refugees, Target Trafficker Boats
3,500 Migrants Died in Sea Crossings in 2014: UN
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European Union leaders pledged navy ships and more money to save refugees and target human traffickers’ boats at an emergency summit on the migrant crisis that’s made the Mediterranean Sea into one of the world’s deadliest borders.
“Saving human lives was at the center of discussion,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, adding that her country will send a frigate and navy supply ship to the Mediterranean. Britain is sending the HMS Bulwark along with two patrol boats; France is sending a patrol ship and surveillance plane and Ireland and other members are making contributions.