article_snippet.sent: The tragic news comes amid reports that an unprecedented 10,000 refugees fleeing war and persecution in Africa have been rescued by Italian ships in this week.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile another boat transporting migrants arrives at a port in Messina after finding another boat transporting migrants adrift in the Mediterranean .
article_snippet.sent: Refugees: the Muslim migrants are among the 10,000 refugees fleeing war and persecution in Africa who have been rescued by Italian ships in this week .
article_snippet.sent: A rescue ship arrived one hour later, according to a Ghanaian witness called Yeboah.
article_snippet.sent: The UN said that 23,500 migrants had sailed to Italy (pictured) this year in addition to 12,000 who had sailed to Greece .
article_snippet.sent: The boat's passengers reportedly looked distressed when The boat finally arrived in the port of Palermo in southern-Italy on Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: The infant was one of 70 refugees on board the half-inflated rubber dinghy that was rescued by the Italian coastguard after two days adrift on the Mediterranean Sea.
article_snippet.sent: UN said that 23,500 migrants had sailed to Italy this year in addition to 12,000 who had sailed to Greece.
highlights_snippet.sent: Surviving refugees on dinghy looked distressed when Surviving refugees on dinghy arrived in Italy .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Italian ships have rescued 10,000 refugees fleeing war in Africa this week .
  