The UN Security Council is to hold a special meeting next week to consider how to deal with the relentless wave of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe.<br /><br /> The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will brief the UN’s 15-member body. The EU hopes it will endorse its plan to tackle the human traffickers via possible military action against their boats.<br /><br /> .FedericaMog will brief UN Security Council on Monday 11 May on #Mediterranean http://t.co/bRQKgvAGK1— EU External Action (@eu_eeas) May 6, 2015<br /><br /> Reports say Security Council members Britain, France and Spain have been working with Italy on a draft resolution.<br /><br /> Video has emerged of one of the latest dramas, last weekend. It was filmed by a crew member of the cargo ship “Zeran” which rescued migrants from two boats.<br /><br /> West Africans are seen crying desperately for help from their crowded, deflating rubber dinghy as it fills with water. Survivors later said dozens had drowned after they fe
