Migrants walk along a quay after disembarking in Roccella Jonica in the Calabria region, southern

Migrants and refugees enter in the port of Roccella Jonica, Calabria region, southern Italy, on Nov

ROME( Reuters)-More than 600 migrants, many of them Egyptians, arrived in southern Italy over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday, defying stormy winter seas in search of a better life in Europe. Italy has seen a sharp increase in boat migrants in recent weeks and the latest mass arrivals will put further pressure on Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government to secure an agreement with European Union partners over how to deal with the influx. Coastguards rescued some 300 men and boys over

” I never forget you, I hear your cries and I pray for you.” Even as the pontiff appealed for changes of migrant policy and of heart in his remarks to the public in St.... Advertisement “ So many of these men, women and children are subject to inhumane violence, ” he added.... ” Yet again I ask the international community to keep the promises to search for common, concrete and lasting solutions to manage the migratory flows in Libya and in all the Mediterranean.” “ How they suffer, those who a

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on Oct.... " I express my closeness to the thousands of migrants, refugees and others in need of protection in Libya,'' Francis said.... " So many of these men, women and children are subject to inhumane violence,''he added....