More migrants have been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard in the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> Around 600 have been picked up by several ships, some 200 or more were recovered in Libyan waters and a further 300 off the coast of Calabria. <br /><br /> The rescues were carried out after requests for help from the migrant boats.<br /><br /> This year alone 150,000 migrants mainly from Africa, Syria and Afghanistan have arrived in Italy on unseaworthy boats, risking their lives trying to get Europe.
