On Tuesday 30 August, the European Commission pointed out that the saving of life at sea and the prevention of shipwrecks is one of its major priorities, following the rescue by the Italian authorities on Monday 29 August of 6,500 distressed migrants off the coast of Libya. But the Commission also pointed out that the 2016 figures are down on those for 2015. AFP press agency notes that the operational centre has managed 40 rescue operations in this zone, carried out by coastguard vessels...