Mogherini urges EU to do more on migrant mission

VIENNA - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday urged member states to "take more responsibility" and ensure the bloc's migrant rescue operation continues to fight human trafficking in the Mediterranean.

Rome plans to ask the European Union to modify the rules of the Sophia mission - a military operation to aid migrants, currently commanded by Italy - and rotate the ports where people rescued at sea can disembark, with France and Spain expected to top the list.

Currently all the ships dock in Italy but Rome's new government says it should not have to carry the burden on its own and it is time other EU states do their fair share by taking in more of the migrants.