"The Italian navy said 2,128 migrants were rescued by ships operating in the Mare Nostrum taskforce off the southern coast of Sicily, including 596 picked up at sea on March 17 who were expected to arrive in the port of Augusta. ...
According to latest data from Frontex, the European Union's border agency, more than 20,000 people entered Europe illegally through Lampedusa and other parts of Sicily in the third quarter of 2013 alone. ...
The number of arrivals is expected to rise as sailing conditions improve with the onset of spring."
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