Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya

[Surya Gayatri]

Source: BBC News

About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized off Libya, survivors have told Save the Children.

The Italian coast guard had rescued 144 people on Monday and launched an air and sea search operation in hopes of rescuing others.

Save the Children said that many of the survivors were "young men, probably minors".

The European Union says that more than 7,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean since Friday.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32311358
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The tidal wave can only gain in numbers as the weather gets better. And, the US thinks they have an 'immigrant problem'?

Poor Italy is in the front lines, trying to deal with this onslaught with too little help from the EU.

[JI7]

1. the world really needs to do something to improve the lives of people