MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The motion is yet another attempt to tackle the migrants crisis in the Mediterranean, one of the main routes for people, fleeing conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, trying to reach Europe.
According to the Brussels officials, the United Kingdom, in particular, is to draft a UN Security Council resolution urging the "use of all means to destroy the business model of the traffickers," the paper said.
Mogherini is confident that China would not block the initiative at the Security Council, and also believes that Russia can be persuaded not to use its veto despite tensions in relations between Moscow and Brussels over Ukraine, according to the Guardian.
Brussels policymakers expect all 28 EU member states to support the proposed initiative, the paper said.
Europe is currently experiencing a rapid increase in maritime migration to the continent as refugees flee escalating military conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East. The number of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea has correspondingly dramatically increased.
The International Organization for Migration estimates suggest that at least 1,727 migrants have died at sea since the beginning of 2015. The most recent tragedy occurred in April, when a boat carrying some 900 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea while heading from Libya to Italy, resulting in the deaths of almost all on board, with only 28 rescued.
