More than 900
migrants were rescued in four separate operations in the Strait of
Sicily on Saturday and emergency services recovered one corpse, Italy's
coast guard said. Now
into the second year of its worst migration crisis since World War Two,
Europe has seen more than 1.2 million people arrive since the beginning
of 2015, most of them from Africa and the Middle East. Italy's
coast guard has continued to pick up migrants in trouble in the stretch
of water between its southern coast and North Africa, although most
people seeking a better life in Europe have taken less dangerous routes
to Greece. On
Saturday, the Italian coast guard said it had rescued 378 migrants in
two separate operations and found one body. Another 112 migrants were
picked up by a vessel operated for the European Union border agency
Frontex and another 420 people by a ship under the EU's EUNAVFOR mission
in the Mediterranean. The coast guard gave no details on the nationalities of the victim or those rescued.
Italy rescues 910 boat migrants, finds one body
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