EU Creates Naval Task Force as Refugee Crisis Worsens
Italian aircraft carrier will lead efforts to rescue, and stem the tide of, migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
A UK Royal Marines amphibious landing craft approaches a heavily overladen migrant boat in the southern Mediterranean last month. The  British landing platform dock warship HMS Bulwark is in the background. (Photo: MoD Crown Copyright 2015)
A UK Royal Marines amphibious landing craft approaches a heavily overladen migrant boat in the southern Mediterranean last month. The British landing platform dock warship HMS Bulwark is in the background. (Photo: MoD Crown Copyright 2015)