EU agrees to triple funding for migrant rescue mission

[WorldNews]

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EU leaders agreed Thursday to triple the funding for the bloc's search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean in a bid to curb the soaring number of migrants dying as they seek a better life in Europe. As horrific details continued to emerge from the survivors of last weekend's shipwreck that saw hundreds of men, women and children drown in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster, the heads of state also took a step closer to military action against the people smugglers. French President Francois Hollande added separately that his country would seek a UN resolution to destroy migrant traffickers' boats.

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