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The pictures are harrowing - men, women and children attempting to cross the Mediterranean in flimsy boats, hungry, exhausted and terrified.聽聽 More than 40,000 migrants have made the crossing this year, and maybe 1,700 have died in the attempt to find a new life.聽

On the eve of Refugee Week, Roy Jenkins looks at a crisis which appears to be worsening by the day, as people flee wars, tyranny, persecution and grinding poverty.

Who is responsible for trying to save these people?聽聽 What are the legal responsibilities of governments, and their moral obligations?聽 Would search and rescue provision simply mean that more would attempt the perilous journeys?聽

Joining Roy to explore some of these questions by Noemi Favitta who runs a second stage reception centre for teenage migrants in Sicily;

Peter Prove, Director of International Affairs at the World Council of Churches;

The Rev. Aled Edwards, Chief Executive of Cytun, and chair of Displaced People in Action, which works with refugees and asylum seekers in Wales.聽

Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and chair of parliament鈥檚 All-Party groups on Libya, Saudi Arabia and Poland.

And Steve Symonds Amnesty International UK鈥檚 Refugee and Migrant Rights Director.