Hospital workers put a coffin into a hearse after an inter-faith burial service. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to triple the funding for a search and rescue operation for refugees in the Mediterranean Sea after nearly 2,000 drowned trying to reach Europe since the start of the year.
"We want to move quickly. So we will triple the financial resources for the relevant missions of Frontex, clearly improve them," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference after an emergency summit in Brussels.
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