Some 2,700 migrants were plucked from the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in the space of 24 hours between July 15 and 16, 2015.<br /><br /> The Italian coast guard confirmed the figure, saying nine dinghies and four wooden boats had been intercepted.<br /><br /> Around 350 people arrived in Pozzallo, a port on the island of Sicily.<br /><br /> Today someone is leaving, others are coming in #Pozzallo centre. We wish the best to the first, we welcome the others pic.twitter.com/hCcodHI9Ef— Chiara Montaldo (@MSF_SICILY) July 16, 2015<br /><br /> Aid workers conducting initial interviews with those disembarking said they seemed to be of Eritrean nationality.<br /><br /> Their boat journey began in Libya, where several appeared to have been held in detention.<br /><br /> The rescue was a combined effort between the German and Italian navies, the Italian Coast Guard and Doctors Without Borders.<br /><br /> Barely a centimetre of spare deck space on the #Argos last night as the 586 people rescued lay down to rest #MSFSea pic.twitter.com/u1NtfmIDAj— MSF Sea R
