"We can't let children drown in the sea"
There is growing pressure on the European Union to do more to help the increasing number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from northern Africa.
Save the Children has launched a campaign for the EU to reverse cuts to its rescue mission.
The Italian coastguard says as many as 10,000 people have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in the past few days.
Gemma Parkin from the charity told Victoria Derbyshire:"There is a moral imperative to save somebody if they are drowning in the sea."
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