The Italian Coast Guard has saved over 3,000 migrants in the last 48 hours attempting to reach the coast by boat.
This comes as an influx of migrants make the dangerous journey to get to Europe via the sea.
1,300 migrants rescued by Italian coastguard from Mediterranean Sea
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The rescues come nearly two weeks after a shipwreck off the Calabrian coast killed at least 74 migrants who had departed Turkey.
