article_snippet.sent: The Italian coast guard involved in a operation to rescue migrants off the coast of Sicily on April 12 .
article_snippet.sent: Italy's Coast Guard helped save 144 migrants Monday from a capsized boat in the waters off Libya .
article_snippet.sent: About 150 survivors – mostly from sub-Saharan Africa – were rescued and brought to an Italian port on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: More than 170,000 migrants arrived in Italy last year after being packed on to boats by people smugglers.
article_snippet.sent: Saved: Rescued migrants onboard an Italian Finance Guard boat in Porto Empedocle, Sicily on April 12 .
article_snippet.sent: More than 170,000 migrants arrived in Italy last year after being packed on to boats by people smugglers .
article_snippet.sent: Migrants on a coast guard boat arrive at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor, Italy on Monday .
article_snippet.sent: The Italian coast guard taking part in a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily on April 12.
article_snippet.sent: The Italian coast guard, navy ships and merchant vessels delivered migrants rescued from more than 40 boats to Italian ports throughout yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: The Italian coast guard said Monday The Italian coast guard recovered nine bodies after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank off the coast Libya .
article_snippet.sent: Migrants arrive at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor, Italy on Monday. 
article_snippet.sent: Italy, which handles the largest number of migrant arrivals in EU, has become increasingly alarmed about the breakdown of law and order in Libya, which is home to two rival governments, loosely aligned militia forces and a growing militant Islamist movement.
article_snippet.sent: Many travelled from Syria, Eritrea and Somalia to Libya, and then made the perilous journey across the sea to Italy.