Fresh incidents on the mediterranean involving dangerous sea crossings by migrants have seen 40 people drown and 12 others thrown off their boat following a religious altercation.
Police in Sicily have arrested 15 muslims for allegedly killing 12 migrants because they were Christian, according to the rescued survivors.
Meanwhile more than 40 migrants drowned off the coast of Sicily after boarding a small inflatable boat from the Libyan capital Tripoli.
These fresh disasters are the latest in a growing trend of migrant journeys from North African countries to Italy, with more than 500 people having died this year alone.
The Italian authorities have issued fresh complaints against the EU for not helping enough, but Nathasha Bertaud, a spokeswoman for the EU Commission, said the EU does not have a "silver bullet" solution to respond to the crisis.
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