Hundreds of people are expected to attend funerals in Malta today for some of the migrants who drowned in Saturday night's tragedy off Libya.
Authorities fear that up to 920 migrants died when the ship carrying them capsized in waters between the Italian island of Lampedusa and Libya.
The bodies of 24 people will be laid to rest at an inter-faith service at a cemetery near the village of Paola on Malta.
The event will be attended by Dmitris Avramopoulos, the European migration commissioner.
The average age of those being buried in Malta is 24 years old.
Regina Catrambone runs the charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station from Valetta and is preparing for a six-month mercy mission to help rescue people from the Mediterranean.
"People are dying, they are human beings and we have to help them. It's that simple," she told Sky News.
"If I was lost in the woods you would try to find me. They are lost in the sea. If I broke my leg on a pavement you would try to help me.
"They need our help. Now."
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