The European Union says it will almost triple funding to its border security operation, which carries out search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean.
Meeting at an emergency summit in Brussels, the EU leaders have also agreed to try to capture and destroy smugglers' boats before they can be used.
The summit was prompted by the deaths of 1,300 people at sea this month.
Rachael Hocking reports.
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