The latest<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> A ship carrying 600 rescued migrants to safety has arrived in the Italian port of Catania.<br /><br /> The vessel, operated by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), was also carrying eight bodies.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> More than a thousand<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> More than a thousand migrants fleeing to Europe were rescued from the Mediterranean by the Italian coastguard between Tuesday, November 22 and Wednesday, November 23.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Tuesday<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> On Tuesday, the coastguard conducted 12 separate rescue missions, saving an estimated 1,397 people.<br /><br /> Eight bodies were recovered during the day, according to reports.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The numbers<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Figures from the International Organisation for Migration suggest there was a big surge in migrant arrivals in Italy between the 14th and the 20th of November.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> 879 between 6-13 of November<br /><br /> 3,674 between 14-20 of November<br /><br /> An increase of 318%<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> .UNmigration : 345k migrants have arrived to Europe by sea this year. A shocking number have died trying - over 4k https://t.co/KGvUeOlcN1— UNICEF (UNICEF) November 23, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The nationalities of those arriving in Italy are mainly Nigerian, Eritrean, Gambian, Ivory Coast and Guinea.<br /><br /> The organisation estimates that up until November 20, 2016, 4,646 people have died or are missing in the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> There has been an increase in the number of recorded arrivals in Greece in the same time period, from 393 to 711.<br /><br /> However, arrivals in Bulgaria have dropped from 306 to 221.<br /><br /> Italy has borne the brunt of new arrivals since the implementation in March of an agreement between the EU and Turkey to curb the flow of people sailing for Greece.<br /><br /> Full details can be found here<br />
