Italy mulls new migrant crackdown as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats

EU -Tunisia pact pledges economic aid in exchange for help preventing departures of smuggling boats.

Italy 's far-right-led government has called for a naval blockade of North Africa to prevent human traffickers launching their smuggling boats into the Mediterranean .

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vows: “We will decide who comes to the European Union , and under what circumstances, not the smugglers".