that's being towed now towards italy's calabria region by a new force that's been enlisted to help migrants at sea. that's second such incident off the coast of italy in aa a week. after italy rescued another un unskip erdskipperred ships. victoria gatenby looks at why the number of migrants. >> is croing thecrossing the immediate mediterranean in unsafe boats. before continuing the journey overland to europe. the number of migrants head toward italy. 60,000 migrants arrived in the country in 2013. but last year that figure almost tripled to emotional more than 160,000. the u.n. estimates 600 migrants died or went missing at sea trying to cross the immediate trainmediterranean. >> okay, we can speak to joel millman now a spokesman from the international association for migrants. the number are vast, aren't there, a direct correlation between the number of individuals wilings to willing to do this and the conflict zones we're seeing around the world. >> that's certainly what we're reporting. we're seeing 2015 is starting pretty much along the same tangent. the response of some of the authori

off the coast of calabria. a cargo ship had to be towed to safety. these are images just released from the italian coast guard of the rescue effort. part of a disturbing trend human traffickers loading the ship with passengers and put it on auto-pilot. lawrence lee. >> an overwhelming amount of sympathy to these refugees, elsewhere very little. they don't know exactly what people's conditions are like. they have got all sorts of facilities to cater to people. and he was saying there is always going to be migrants, they have to sipt set up humanitarian corridors, they are respectful of the plight of refugees, to look after them here, put them on buses and send them to the holding centers where at least they'll be warm and dry and will figure out what to do with them after that. but given by and large it doesn't look like there are many people who have been badly hurt and the boat was rescued properly. as simon said in that report, the thing that was occupying people here isn't so much the human tragedy it's about what is a new tactic what in the world

. >>> another group of migrants rescued by the italian coast guard have been take to calabria. the group was abandoned at sea. since 2014, more than 150,000 migrants have arrived in italy. the pooern government wants turkey to explain the rising number of its ports with ships leaving. a story from where many migrants begin their journey. >> a minor interruptl interruption to what is now the year-round multi-million dollar people smuggling business. anchored somewhere out there in international waters migrants are promised there is a 100 meter long ship waiting to take them to a new life in europe. >> i am going to go europe because there is no chance of living in other countries. arab countries have closed their doors in our faces. i tried to go to al year i can't, lebanon, the gulf countries, but i couldn't get a visa for any of them. only europe welcomes us. but the trip costs money. this insurance company in the turkish city of mercen migrants must pay a 5,000 cash fee per passenger. the waiting room is full of willing, though realistic customers. the fee includes accomodati

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