LARGE SCALE MIGRATION: DISASTROUS EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE: 900 people are feared to have drowned in the unremitting waves of migrants seeking to escape from war-torn Libya

Decrying what he called an "escalation in these death voyages," Italian Premier Matteo Renzi urged Europe to put the focus on preventing more boats from leaving Libya, the source of 90 percent of migrant traffic to Italy. "We are facing an organized criminal activity that is making lots of money, but above all ruining many lives," Renzi said at a joint news conference with Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat. He compared their activity to that of slave traders of centuries past, "unscrupulous men who traded human lives." The European Union foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini, said this weekend's appalling human toll — which, if verified, would be the deadliest migrant tragedy ever — had "finally" fully awakened the European Union to the evils of human trafficking. Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/malta-bury-24-victims-latest-shipwreck-tragedy-065111346.html