Body bags line UK beach in protest over EU policies on migrant crisis

Hundreds of black body bags lined Brighton Beach in the UK on Wednesday morning during a striking demonstration over the European Union's limited response to the ongoing migrant crisis

Amnesty International staged the action one day before the European Council is set to hold a meeting to discuss the situation in the Mediterranean, where more than 1,700 migrants have drowned while attempting to travel to Europe, since 2015 began.

Supporters were zipped into some of the body bags in the first few rows.

Alongside the bags was a banner that said #DontLetThemDrown, urging social media users to demand action from UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Read more...