The migrants were picked up from nearly 43,000 migrants overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean . About 18,000 people have arrived by sea in Italy so far Last year , the UNHCR says . Last October , the world was shocked by the deaths of hundreds of people in shipwrecks off Italy 's coasts . this year , nearly 43,000 migrants reached Italy , About 18,000 of them from Italy .
The migrants were picked up from nearly 43,000 migrants overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean . About 18,000 people have arrived by sea in Italy so far Last year , the UNHCR says . this year , nearly 43,000 migrants reached Italy , About 18,000 of them from Italy .