article_snippet.sent: EU leaders have agreed a package of measures to tackle the escalating migrant crisis in the Mediterranean – with pledges to send in warships and triple funding for rescue patrols.
article_snippet.sent: After years of dithering, an emergency EU summit yesterday agreed to lay the groundwork for military action against traffickers after the deaths of some 1,700 refugees in the last week alone.
article_snippet.sent: Within days, British warship HMS Bulwark and the German supply ship Berlin are expected to be sent to the region in the biggest sign of the European Union's belated commitment to the cause.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, EU leaders pledged to do more, committing at least nine vessels to monitor the waters for traffickers and intervene in case of need.
article_snippet.sent: The member states agreed to triple funding to €9million (£7m) a month for EU's border operation that patrols the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: : Britain will send one of Britain biggest warships, HMS Bulwark (above), to the Mediterranean within days as part of plans to targets boats used by human traffickers .
article_snippet.sent: A migrant also assigned EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to line up the diplomatic options that would allow EU militaries to strike against the boats used by traffickers.
article_snippet.sent: Leaders have already pledged significantly greater support, including many more vessels, aircraft and experts' than had been anticipated before the summit, EU President Donald Tusk said.
article_snippet.sent: On the offensive: EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (pictured) has been assigned to line up the diplomatic options that would allow EU militaries to strike against the boats used by traffickers .
highlights_snippet.sent: Funding increased to £7m a month for EU's border patrols in Mediterranean .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Plans lined up for EU militaries to strike against boats used by traffickers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: British warship and German supply ship heading to the region within days .
  