article_snippet.sent: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said that the incident could be worse than an incident last week in which 400 refugees and migrants died in the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and European policies are responsible," said De Filippi.
article_snippet.sent: De Filippi compared the high number of deaths to "figures from a war zone.
article_snippet.sent: De Filippi called on European states to immediately launch large-scale search-and-rescue operations with proactive patrolling as close as possible to Libyan shores. "
article_snippet.sent: If the deaths are in the hundreds, French President Francois Hollande said, the accident could be "the worst disaster in recent years in the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: Adding 10 more vessels" to patrol the Mediterranean, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said, wouldn't solve the root of why the tragedy occurred.
article_snippet.sent: This has to be clear: there was not an absence (of rescue vessels) which led to "the worst disaster in recent years in the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: The European Commission is deeply chagrined by the tragic developments in the Mediterranean today, but also over the past days and weeks.