A TRAWLER SINKS OFF ITALIAN COAST TRAGIC TO THE IMMIGRANTS ON BOARD

USPA NEWS - The sinking of a trawler with migrants on board off the coast of Libya/Italy this weekend is dreading the "worst tragedy" of this type in the Mediterranean, with 700 missing presumed. Europe is ordered to respond by ad hoc meeting to take action to prevent such human tragedies, the gateway to Europe

These people pay the trip between 200 to 5,000 € per person to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, hoping to reach Eldorado. They come mostly from Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kenya. he Italian coast guard did not confirm the figure of 700, but state that this trawler 20-meter "has the capacity to transport hundreds of people." The last official assessment of this new shipwreck tragedy occurred on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Libyan waters 100km) was 24 dead and 28 survivors, said the Italian coast guard, coordinating relief.

MATTEO RENZI WANTS A EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF EMERGENCY TO SOLVE A SOLUTION TO THE TRAGIC BOAT MIGRATION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matteo Renzi has met his emergency ministers "This is an extraordinary work that requires a European summit, extraordinary to find a solution to take these arrivals of immigrants who fail in the Mediterranean Sea".------------------------------------------------- Tomorrow the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, will discuss in Luxembourg, following the incessant demand for Matteo Renzi sounds the alarm for the other countries of the European Union to be more involved. The chief diplomat of the EU, Italy's Federica Mogherini, for its part, decided to put the issue on the agenda of the meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The French President François Hollande said "that" we must act "following" the acceleration" of the dramas since the beginning of the year, when interviewed today on Canal Plus TV, after talking with Matteo Renzi.

SINKING IN LIBYA OF THIS TRAWLER IS THE WORST TRAGEDY FOR THESE TIMES IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA During the past week, 11,000 refugees headed by sea, across the Mediterranean, have failed to Lampedusa in Italy. Estimates indicate that there were 700 people aboard the trawler before it fails is in the last week mer. LAst week, another 400 migrants were presumed missing also wrecked and gone. (Source IOM, UNHCR).--------------------------------------------------------------- According to the Italians ratings guards, overwhelmed by these events more tragic and frequent on arrivals, despite the immense relief operations, implemented by the Italian authorities (Operation "Triton", which replaced the operation "Mare Nostrum "). It is a great matter of human tragedy for these migrants, fooled by "smugglers" who charge very expensive, both financially (Up to 7000 € / person for the crossing, according to some testimonies of survivors) and to stolen from their lives, as a double punishment.-----------------------------Source: RAI TV, AFP, euractiv.com -------------------For more information see www.rai.tv