Italy Immigration

In this photo released by the Italian Navy Thursday, March 27, 2014, migrants stand on a boat as two Italian navy dinghies and a ship approach to give assistance, in the waters off Capo Passero, Sicily. The numbers of migrants reaching Italian shores generally rises this time of year as warm weather and calm seas make the Mediterranean Sea crossing from North Africa easier. But the U.N. refugee agency said the numbers so far in 2014 represent a 300 percent increase over the same period in 2013. (AP Photo/Italian Navy)