Some 1,700 migrants land in Calabria

(ANSA) - Reggio Calabria, August 11 - The Italian Navy's San Giusto ship landed in the southern city of Reggio Calabria on Monday with 1,700 rescued migrants of various nationalities aboard, including hundreds of children.
    Italy is struggling to cope this year with a huge increase in the already big flow of migrants to attempt the hazardous crossing from North Africa.
    The migrants were rescued as part of the Mare Nostrum operation that Italy launched after some 400 migrants died in two separate boat disasters in October.
    Police have detained a man who they said felt ill after arriving in Reggio Calabria and is suspected of being a human trafficker. The Italian authorities said that a total of 2,053 migrants were rescued as the weekend under Mare Nostrum.