EU leaders are to triple funding for the search and rescue of migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said funds for the bloc’s ‘Triton’ mission – at 120 million euros – would now be equivalent to those of Italy’s former ‘Mare Nostrum’ operation.<br /><br /> In other measures announced, the bloc will also look into how to destroy vessels that could be used by smugglers.<br /><br /> President Francois Hollande says France will seek a United Nations resolution with that end in mind.<br /><br /> Record numbers of people are dying as they try to cross the Mediterranean in rickety boats. <br /><br /> Last Sunday’s disaster in which an estimated 800 migrants from one boat lost their lives led to Thursday’s emergency summit in Brussels.<br /><br /> Italy and Greece are the gateway to Europe for those fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.<br /><br /> But the collective response from their EU partners falls far short of what is needed say critics who insist mass deaths will
