Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych - 06 September 2016: Italy - 2,700 boat migrants rescued off the coast of Libya

2,700 migrants were saved and fifteen bodies recovered on Monday, in the Mediterranean, thanks to the intervention of Italy's navy and coast guard ships. The Italian Navy said six bodies had been found earlier in the same day. The rescuers consisted of various boats from the European Union anti-smuggling mission, humanitarian groups, and also a commercial tug boat. According to Italy's Interior Ministry, it is Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War Two while the U.N. refugee agency spokesman declared that the death toll has increased to one migrant for every 42. By the end of August some 93,000 people had arrived, and according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 3,171 migrants have died or gone missing while crossing the Mediterranean this year.