ROME — More than 1,300 migrants have been rescued in three separate operations off the southern tip of Italy, the coastguard said on Saturday, two weeks after…
Local officials said a further 200 people had been picked up off the coast of Sicily and would be ferried to Catania later in the day, while the airforce was flying migrants out of a packed reception center on the island of Lampedusa.
In all, the United Nations estimates 300 migrants have died in the central Mediterranean so far this year.Article content Her cabinet on Thursday introduced tougher jail terms for people smugglers and promised to open up more channels for legal migration. Late last year, it cracked down on charity rescue boats, accusing them of acting as a taxi service for migrants.
Enrico Borghi, a senator with the center-left Democratic Party, accused the government of bungling the crisis.
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