Some 3,000 migrants were on Saturday rescued off the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coast guard.<br /><br /> The coastguard received SOS calls from 18 vessels – four boats and 14 rubber dinghies – according to Italian news agency ANSA.<br /><br /> The rescue mission was one of the largest to date.<br /><br /> Two Italian naval ships and various other Italian vessels were called in – as well as a Norwegian military ship, part of an EU patrol mission<br /><br /> Meanwhile, police in the Sicilian city of Palermo have arrested six Egyptian nationals on suspicion of people smuggling after a rescue on Wednesday.<br /><br /> The arrests came after a rescued vessel was found to be carrying 432 people – more than ten times as many people as it was designed for.
