Watch MEPs demand bold action to halt migrant drownings (live)

Kicks off at 11.30 a.m.

MEPs are set to demand bolder action to halt the drowning of Mediterranean migrants and refugees in a debate with the Commission’s President, Jean-Claude Juncker and Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday at 09.00. The debate will focus on the outcome of the April  23 extraordinary European Council and a vote on a resolution will follow.

Over 1,600 have died since the start of this year, reports the UN Refugee Agency.