According to latest reports, Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May suggested that economic migrants who have been rescued from the Mediterranean trying to reach to Europe should be returned home. This statement comes after a UK warship rescued up to 450 people from the Mediterranean yesterday. It has been estimated by the United Nations that up to 60 000 people have tried to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa this year. It has also been stated that the deaths of people drowning during these crossings has increased 20 fold from 2014 - with more than 1, 800 migrants estimated to have died.
Now to take a look at this phenomenon we have on the line:
• Tina Ghelli, Senior Regional External Relations Officer from the United Nations Refugee Agency
• Joel Millman, the Press Officer at the International Organisation for Migration
