Sea Rescues Continue as EU Leaders Meet
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Migrants and refugees aboard a rubber boat that had been sailing out of control in the Mediterranean Sea wait for rescue by members of the Spanish nonprofit Proactiva Open Arms, Feb. 3, 2017. European Union leaders are poised to take a big step Friday to close off illegal migration routes from Libya across the central Mediterranean, where thousands have died trying to reach Europe, the EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said.