The UN refugee agency says not
enough is being done to save the lives of the rising number of migrants
trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
A UNHCR spokesman
called on the EU to step up its rescue system, after a migrant boat
capsized off Libya on Sunday, with 400 feared dead.Libya's coastguard says it expects more attempted crossings later this week.
Hundreds of thousands of people have made the perilous crossing in recent years, fleeing poverty and conflict.
Hundreds more migrants rescued from boats in the Mediterranean are due to arrive in Sicily later on Wednesday.
Almost 10,000 have been picked up in recent days, and more boats are heading for the Italian coast.
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