Brussels, 09/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - Nearly 4,000 migrants have been rescued by Italy in 48 hours and over 15,000 since the start of the year, said Italy's Minister for Home Affairs Angelino Alfano on Wednesday 9 April, as reported by French news agency AFP.
“The landings keep continuing and the urgency is ever more glaring”, Alfano told GR1, the news bulletin on Italian public radio station Rai Uno. The Italian navy announced on Tuesday that in 48 hours it had rescued over a thousand...