article_snippet.sent: And the relentless tide of migrants escaping the war-torn country of Libya has continued since the tragic wreck this weekend.
article_snippet.sent: The UN said that 23,500 migrants had sailed to Italy this year in addition to 12,000 who had sailed to Greece.
article_snippet.sent: Italy's coast guard rescued another 220 migrants from two large rubber boats around 40 miles from the coast of Sicily yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: A further 446 migrants of Egyptian, Syrian, Sudanese, Somalian and Eritrean origin arrived in Sicily after being rescued from a rickety fishing vessel.
article_snippet.sent: Another boatload of migrants - crowded on an inflatable dinghy off the Libyan coast (pictured) - were rescued today .
article_snippet.sent: The refugees were among 220 migrants from two large rubber boats picked up around 40 miles from the Libyan coast today .
article_snippet.sent: The migrants fleeing war and persecution from their respective African nations crammed onto the Italian Navy vessel Chimera .
article_snippet.sent: The smugglers have taken advantage of lawlessness in Libya to set up operations that exported 170,000 migrants across the sea last year.
article_snippet.sent: The United Nations estimates 36,000 have made the voyage so far this year.
article_snippet.sent: An unprecedented 10,000 refugees fleeing war and persecution in Africa have been rescued by Italian ships in the past week.
article_snippet.sent: The United Nations said that 23,500 migrants had sailed to Italy this year in addition to 12,000 who had sailed to Greece.
highlights_snippet.sent: Italian coast guard has rescued hundreds more fleeing war in Africa since .
  