while eu leaders debate
migration in brussels —
in the mediterranean a number
of rescue ships are searching
the migrants who've become stranded
as they try to make that
crossing to europe.
it's feared that around
100 migrants drowned
when their over—crowded boat ran
into trouble friday off
the coast of libya.
the missing include two
babies and three children.
the 16 people who survived say that
within hours of setting off
from the libyan coast
there was an explosion
aboard their inflatable dinghy.
our correspondent gavin lee has
spent several days on board one
of the rescue ships —
which has been waiting for days
to find a place to dock.
he sent this report from marseille.
the end and a 4000 mile sea odyssey
for the aquarius. the crew finally
allowed to dock in france after
being at the centre of a political
storm. the problem started when they
rescued more than 600 migrants from
an unseaworthy riverboat of the
libyan coast, but were suddenly