The civil war in Syria has helped to create an unprecedented refugee crisis, with at least four million people having fled the country. Around 100,000 migrants and refugees have made it across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in flimsy boats already in 2015, having paid thousands of dollars to gangs of people smugglers to facilitate the crossing.Others have drowned when those boats have become overloaded and sunk. So far this year, over 1,700 people have died attempting the journey.Earlier this month, the British warship HMS Bulwark was deployed to the Mediterranean to assist in rescuing migrants and refugees trying to cross into Europe by boat.In this extra scene from "The UK's Fight Against the Islamic State", British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sheds light on the UK's response to the migrant crisis and the methods being mooted by the EU to halt it.Watch "A Year On From the Caliphate: The UK's Fight Against the Islamic State"Watch "Migrant Prisons of Libya: Europe or Die (Full Length)"Read "Last Resort: Witnessing the Migrant Crisis on Kos Island, Europe's New Frontier"
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