article_snippet.sent: The coast guard, meanwhile, reported that The coast guard saved some 638 migrants in six different rescue operations on Monday alone.
article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, a further 446 people were rescued from a leaking migrant ship about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the Calabrian coast.
article_snippet.sent: In that time nearly 200,000 migrants have made it to Italy, mostly after being rescued at sea by the Italian navy and coastguard.
article_snippet.sent: Italian officials believe there could be up to one million more would-be immigrants to Europe waiting to board boats in conflict-torn Libya.
article_snippet.sent: Many of to one million more would-be immigrants to Europe waiting to board boats in conflict-torn Libya are refugees from Syria's civil war or persecution in places like Eritrea.
article_snippet.sent: Others are seeking to escape poverty and hunger in Africa and south Asia and secure a better future in Europe.
article_snippet.sent: Surviving immigrants who escaped the boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea killing up to 900 people appear deep in thought as Surviving immigrants who escaped the boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea killing up to 900 people arrive in the Sicilian port city of Catania this morning .
article_snippet.sent: the Maltese Prime Minister estimated smugglers behind the doomed voyage from Libya to Europe would have made between €1million and €5million from selling desperate refugees spaces on the boat.