Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has called for a Europe wide response to the wave of migrants risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> Capsize tragedy highlights Europe’s surging migrant problem: Europe is staring at a new reality: “mig… http://t.co/QZhldf0vLY #thestar— Canada News (@CanadaNews2) April 15, 2015<br /><br /> It follows confirmation that 400 people are missing after their boat capsized on Monday. They had been part of a wave of migrants – 10,0000 in the last five days – trying to get to the Italian coast.<br /><br /> “There is an Italian commitment for an issue that is not only Italian and so what we are clearly saying is that especially at a European level, we need to take care of the emergency, not as a single country but as a union,” said the minister. <br /><br /> He went on to call for an increase in the budget of Triton – a limited replacement for Italy’s Mare Nostrum maritime rescue mission.<br /><br /> not enough is being done to save lives<br /><br /> International human rights organisation
