On the first day of the EU-Africa summit, 14 migrants drowned in the latest boat sinking incident between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos.
Seven of those who died were children. Coastguards said they had rescued 27 survivors on Wednesday.
Nearly 200,000 migrants are expected to reach Sweden this year, more per head of population than any other EU nation. After which Sweden has announced the introduction of temporary border checks to control the flow of migrants into the country.