It is reported that the Spanish boat was rescued by a rubber boat, which carried out the operation "Sofia" of the European naval forces of the Mediterranean, Italian rescuers were involved. Italian patrol services on this day carried out several operations to save another 200 migrants, seven of them were killed.

The Italian Foreign Ministry reported that this year they received 111 thousand African and Asian migrants, which is 30% less than last year. Most of the refugees from Africa come to the lands of Greece, Italy, Spain, but many of them die on the way.

As reported in URA-Inform, recently the leaders of the countries of the European Union proposed to introduce in the near future for African migrants to introduce an identification system.