EU calls crisis meeting over growing migrant deaths at sea

Name: EU calls crisis meeting over growing migrant deaths at sea
Uploaded: 2015-04-20T22:46:34Z
Duration: P223S
Description: The European Union came under intense pressure to address the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean after a vessel carrying migrants sank off the Libyan coast over the weekend, killing nearly everyone on board. So far this year, at least 1,500 migrants have died trying to make the crossing -- 15 times more than all of last year. Matt Frei and Rageh Omaar of Independent Television News report.

Clip: 04/20/2015 | 3m 43s

The European Union came under intense pressure to address the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean after a vessel carrying migrants sank off the Libyan coast over the weekend, killing nearly everyone on board. So far this year, at least 1,500 migrants have died trying to make the crossing -- 15 times more than all of last year. Matt Frei and Rageh Omaar of Independent Television News report.

Aired: 04/20/15

Rating: NR

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