About 7,000 people were rescued last weekend, but 46 might have drowned. 

You can sink the boats on the African shores. And then what? A serious reflection on citizenship in the global world is needed.

The majority of migrants arriving to Europe's coasts are seeking refuge from terrorists, violence, war and persecution. They are the threatened ones.

Christel Lamère, representative of the European Evangelical Alliance in Brussels, asks for “binding agreements and tangible objectives.”

About 800 people are feared dead in the worst humanitarian tragedy happened in the sea which separates Africa and Europe. European Union's representatives discuss how to respond. An illustration by cartoonist Ricardo (El Mundo newspaper).

If confirmed, the disaster would be one of the worst seen during the decades-long migrant crisis in the southern Mediterranean.

Foreign officials of 29 countries met in Barcelona to address “the heartrending drama of illegal migration.” Italy overwhelmed after 5.600 new migrants arrived at their coasts only in last weekend.

“There is a general sense of hopelessness because our processing system is slow and ineffective,” says Italian pastor Leonardo de Chirico.