The migrants issue continues as about 6,500 migrants have been
rescued off the Libyan coast, in one of the biggest
operations of its kind to date.
About 40 co-ordinated rescue missions was carried out about 20km (12 miles) off the Libyan town of Sabratha, Lots of Video footage circulating the net shows migrants, said to be mostly from Eritrea and Somalia, cheering and some swimming to rescue vessels, while others carried babies aboard.
On Sunday about 1,100 migrants or more were rescued in the same area.
The instability in Libya has made the country a hub for people-trafficking and its increasing by the day.
Monday's operations involved vessels mainly from Italy as well as the EU's border agency Frontex and other NGOs
The migrants had set off in overcrowded and unseaworthy vessels with enough fuel to reach waiting rescuers which is very risky.
More than one million migrants where rescued Last year - many fleeing the civil war in Syria. Europe is sparking a crisis as countries struggled to cope with the influx, and creating division in the EU over how best to deal with resettling people.
In early March, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to try to stop migrants from crossing Turkey to Greece while Balkan nations closed their borders to migrants. As a result, the number of arrivals using the so-called eastern Mediterranean route has fallen.
However, migrants from African countries such as Eritrea and Somalia as well as west African nations such as Nigeria and the Gambia are continuing to attempt the dangerous crossing from Libya to Italy.
Most migrants are seeking economic opportunities in Europe - others are fleeing war, instability or authoritarian governments.
About 106,000 people or more have arrived in Italy this year alone while 2,726 have died in the attempt to cross into the country.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) there are a further 275,000 migrants in Libya waiting to travel.
