Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea
almost quadrupled in the first 10 months of 2014, to 154,075,
the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.
In the same period in 2013 some 38,882 sea-borne migrants
arrived, the IOM said.
Migrant sea journeys rose after Italy launched its Mare
Nostrum rescue operation following the deaths of 400 migrants in
October 2013.
The operation has just ended and been replaced by a smaller
EU op, Triton.
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