Over 800 migrants died on Sunday when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast.

As more casualties emerge from the boat that capsized off the coast of Libya on  Sunday, April 19, 2015  in the Mediterranean Sea with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees  reporting the death of 800 migrants attempting to cross to Europe,  there are growing concerns in Europe and the world over on how to tackle  the growing humanitarian crisis.

European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers met on Monday, April 20 in Luxembourg and discussed on a 10-point plan focused on a “strong reaction from the EU to the tragedies.  We are developing a truly European sense of solidarity in fighting human trafficking”, BBC quoted the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini as saying. The plan also includes doubling the size and funding of “Triton”, an EU naval operation in the Mediterranean.

The European Council President Donald Tusk, Reuters quoted said, "The situation in the Mediterranean is dramatic. It cannot continue like this," and added that the extraordinary Summit of the European Union leaders tomorrow, April 23, 2015 will serve to plan how to stop human traffickers and boost rescue efforts.

Talking about Sunday’s tragedy off the coast of Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Italy, Carlotta Sami said, "There were a little over 800 people on board, including children aged between 10 and 12. There were Syrians, about 150 Eritreans, Somalians. They had left Tripoli at about 8 a.m. on Saturday."

Only 27 survivors of the boat wreck arrived in Sicily late on Monday. BBC reported that the Tunisian captain of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants has been charged with reckless multiple homicide. He was also reportedly charged along with a member of the crew with favouring illegal migration.

Reuters further reported that Italy and Malta were working to rescue other two boats carrying an estimated 400 people off the coast of Libya on Monday. The situation of African and Asian migrants struggling to get into Europe is a great preoccupation to world leaders with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel stating that, "We will do everything to prevent further victims from perishing in the most agonizing way on our doorstep,” Reuters quoted. Italy’s Red Cross Chief Rocca, while hoping that the international community would be able to find concrete solutions said, «If we block one route, they will find another route, so this is something we have to face..., not with only words or actions that don't match the concrete needs of the people."