The crew of Royal Navy vessel HMS Bulwark have rescued more than 1,000 migrants in just one day in their largest operation to date.
In one operation at least 10 pregnant women were saved. The latest mission brings the total number of people rescued by the ship to 2,700.
EU countries will be asked to accept a quota of migrants, officials confirmed today in attempt to deal with the crisis in the Mediterranean.
It is designed as an emergency measure to try and ease the pressure on some of the countries on the frontline, most notably Greece, Italy and Malta.
The quota will be determined along lines of GDP, population size, unemployment rate and past numbers of asylum seekers and of resettled refugees.
However no figures for individual countries have yet been released.
The Home Secretary has already opposed the quota system, calling for a focus on the fight against people traffickers.
Hundreds of migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean at the weekend - but their journey will not stop there, as they tell ITV News.
Britain's flagship HMS Bulwark has been involved in its "largest operation to date", plucking more than 1,000 migrants from makeshift boats
As HMS Bulwark continues to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean, David Cameron pledged that Britain would not shirk its responsibilities.