EU leaders agreed Thursday to triple funding for the bloc's Mediterranean sea patrols and drove plans forward for possible military action against smuggling networks at emergency talks in Brussels following a deadly migrant shipwreck. Only 24 bodies have been recovered from what is considered the worst migration tragedy in the Mediterranean in recent history, dpa reported. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates that more than 800 migrants died at the weekend after a boat capsized 130 kilometers north of Libya. The decisions taken Thursday mark a "big step forward for Europe," said Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. For the first time, he said, the bloc is forming a strategic vision on migration.
