The agency also says that the reception centers in which asylum seekers are held after they are rescued must be adequate . The migrants were picked up from more than 40 overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean . A total of 4,200 people have been rescued so far this year by Italian and Greek coastguards, but only a fraction are being sent back to their countries of origin. Last year , nearly 43,000 migrants reached Italy , more than a quarter of them from Syria .
The migrants were picked up from more than 40 overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean . A total of 4,200 people have been rescued so far this year by Italian and Greek coastguards, but only a fraction are being sent back to their countries of origin. Last year , nearly 43,000 migrants reached Italy , more than a quarter of them from Syria .