Funding increased to £7m a month for EU's border patrols in Mediterranean . The EU has been criticised by human rights groups and politicians over its handling of the migrant crisis as it struggles with how to deal with thousands arriving on its shores every day.
Funding increased to £7m a month for EU's border patrols in Mediterranean . Plans lined up for EU militaries to strike against boats used by traffickers . British warship and German supply ship heading to the region within days . Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called measures ' a giant step forward '