The migrants, from all over Africa, usually embark in Libya or Tunisia in an exodus increased by political turmoil in North Africa, the Syrian civil war and now bloody strife in Egypt.
Another 230 were brought ashore after they were intercepted off the coast of the island of Lampedusa, Italy's most southern point, while a group of about 110 reached the shores of Siracusa, in Sicily. Tuesday's arrivals followed those of some 400 migrants on Monday afternoon.
The flood of migrants is drawn by the prospect of finding work in the European Union and many do not remain in Italy. Those who do, or who are taken into Italian custody, can be sent home unless they prove they are political refugees.
Some of the migrants who arrived on Tuesday said they were from Syria, where a civil war has been raging for two years. May peace return to Troubled Countries Ameen
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