The Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join other EU leaders in Brussels later to discuss the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
Around 1,800 have died while trying to make the journey to Europe so far this year.
Later today the funerals will take place in Malta of some of the 800 who drowned when their boat capsized at the weekend.
However, these people in Malta are worried their island will become a destination for those fleeing:
Hundreds of people are expected to attend funerals in Malta today for some of the migrants who drowned in Saturday night's tragedy off Libya.
The bodies of 24 people will be laid to rest at an inter-faith service at a cemetery near the village of Paola on Malta.
The average age of those being buried in Malta is 24 years old.
Regina Catrambone runs the charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station from Valetta and is preparing for a six-month mercy mission to help rescue people from the Mediterranean.
"People are dying, they are human beings and we have to help them. It's that simple," she told Sky News.
"If I was lost in the woods you would try to find me. They are lost in the sea. If I broke my leg on a pavement you would try to help me.
"They need our help. Now."
Her mission last year lasted for two months and saved 3,000 lives.
She added: "These people are desperate. We cannot stand by and let them die in this graveyard."
Italian prosecutors have claimed that as many as one million people are waiting in Libya for the chance to get into the traffickers' boats and reach Europe.
