Newspapers are focused on sales. The Sun is a despicable rag and no one with half a brain cell takes what is regurgitates with any sense of trust. It is time people stopped following the cr*p people like her peddle, looked at the facts and formed their own opinions.
This is a tragedy of monumental proportions-700 this month, 300 last? That's 1000 people who have died out of 31,000 migrants and have not only risked their lives but paid huge sums to unscrupulous people smugglers. The comparison with the slave trade is a valid one -huge amounts of money changing hands and total disregard for human lives. I don't pretend to have a solution, but in response to OP, however compassionate and well meaning, No, it is not too sad to talk about. We need to talk about it, care about it and and as a country and part of the EU, do something.