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The deadly capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean has been caught on camera by the Italian navy as it rescued 562 people.
The trawler overturned apparently as a result of people on board rushing to one side after spotting a rescue ship, and five were found dead.
People clung desperately to the deck or dropped into the sea.
Italy's Bettica patrol boat threw life rafts and jackets while another Italian ship sent rescue boats.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36383897
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Nearly 6,000 migrants trying to reach Europe illegally have been rescued from flimsy craft in the Mediterranean in recent days.
Aid agencies say the sea-crossing between Libya and Italy is the main route for migrants since an EU deal with Turkey curbed the number sailing across the Aegean to Greece.
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Well it's good to see that the EU's plan to stem the flow of migrants and refugees is working so well for all concerned. Did anyone in Eurolalaland really think bribing the Turks would solve the problem as opposed to simply moving it to another well known and even more dangerous route? The problem is that Europe is now perceived as the place to go - pay your life savings, get in a leaky boat with hundreds of others and you'll be picked up and transported to a better life. The reality, whatever that turns out to be*, doesn't matter, they choose to believe they'll be OK, welcomed and won't have to go back. That's why they take the risk and so many wind up, tragically, dead.
* and we know that it won't be good for a proportion of them.
Meanwhile the arguments in Europe continue and the rift grows...
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Migration fears spark Italy-Austria border row at Brenner
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36302422