Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill reflects on recent political responses to the crisis of migrant voyages on the Mediterranean and how inaction has added to the rising death toll.

ITALY is in breach of the EU treaties by returning refugees to Libya without even investigating their claim to asylum, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) has said.

ITALY is in breach of the EU treaties by returning refugees to Libya without even investigating their claim to asylum, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) has said.

WIDE-RANGING reforms to the asylum and refugee procedures have been proposed by the European Commission.

HUMAN rights organisations, including Amnesty International, are warning EU Justice Ministers against agreeing new rules on asylum seekers that will breach of international law.