USA: Ban Ki-moon urges EU to 'accelerate its support' after migrant boat disaster

Speaking in New York on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the EU to 'accelerate its support' to migrants after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Mediterranean, with up to 950 people on board. "Italy, Greece and Malta have borne the biggest burden in terms of rescue and arrival operations. I urge the European Union to show solidarity by accelerating its support." - said the UN Secretary-General. Between 700 and 950 migrants died when a boat began sinking North of Libya on Sunday morning. Over 1600 people have now died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2015 alone, a 50 percent increase compared to the same period as last year when over 3000 died all year. 'Operation Mare Nostrum,' the Italian search and rescue operation was discontinued in November 2014 and replaced by the much smaller 'Triton.'