There are reports that 20 people have died as a boat carrying up to 300 migrants is sinking and has issued a distress call in the Mediterranean.

It comes as three people are confirmed dead after a migrant boat ran aground off the island of Rhodes in Greece, with a rescue mission still underway.

It's thought around 1 thousand people have drowned trying to reach Europe over the past week.

EU Foreign Ministers are currently meeting to discuss the crisis, and are promising to do more to prevent the deaths.

Helen Vaughan reports.