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EU leaders have committed extra ships, planes and helicopters to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit. More than 1,300 migrants have died in April 2015.

Destroying smugglers’ boats won’t fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says

April 24, 2015Justice

Thousands of refugees are dying trying to find refuge in Europe, and the continent’s leaders want to stop the deaths by stopping the smugglers — and blowing up their boats. But that tactic may not fix the problem, and may simply endanger the lives of migrants.