![The bodies of some of the 64 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their ship wrecked off Italy's southern coast are disembarked at the Italian southern port-city of Roccella Ionica, early Wednesday, June 19, 2024. U.N. agencies said the boat that wrecked off Calabria had set off from Turkey eight days earlier and caught fire and overturned. Eleven people were rescued Monday, but one died soon after they were brought to land. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/article33067330.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_migration-italy-shipwreck.jpg)
![The bodies of some of the 64 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their ship wrecked off Italy's southern coast are disembarked at the Italian southern port-city of Roccella Ionica, early Wednesday, June 19, 2024. U.N. agencies said the boat that wrecked off Calabria had set off from Turkey eight days earlier and caught fire and overturned. Eleven people were rescued Monday, but one died soon after they were brought to land. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/article33067330.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_migration-italy-shipwreck.jpg)
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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Over the past 12 months the numbers of refugees attempting to get into European countries has increased significantly, fuelled by conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East. This has led to a number of pressure points at ports and stations including Calais, Kos and Budapest and calls for the UK to accept more refugees in the line with other EU countries.