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LONDON— Thousands more migrants have arrived on the southern shores of Italy from North Africa in the past two days. Authorities say they expect the total number of arrivals this year to far exceed previous levels; and Italy has said military action in Libya might be necessary to stem the flow. Hundreds of asylum seekers have died making the crossing this week alone.

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On the shores of southern Italy, each day brings a new wave of migrants and more harrowing tales of extreme suffering.

The Italian coast guard rescued 70 people from a rubber dinghy off the island of Lampedusa Friday. Many were suffering from severe burns, including young children.

"They told us that they were in one of the places where traffickers hold migrants and refugees before placing them on boats, and a gas cylinder exploded and killed several people and injured many others," said Moinario. "The traffickers would not allow them to leave and reach the hospital so they didn't get treatment for a few days, and then they were put on a boat, in fact a rubber dinghy."

In Palermo, police arrested 15 migrants over claims that several Christian asylum seekers had been thrown overboard, by a group of Muslim men. The flows continues unabated, 13,000 arrivals in one week alone, authorities say they are overwhelmed.

"We have already provided hospitality to lots of migrants but never this many with such a high percentage of infectious diseases. So, we had to keep people here to treat them before send them on."

Over 450 migrants are thought to have drowned in the past week. Migrant support groups say the risk of dying has risen fifty-fold compared to last year. Italy has demanded help from the European Union.

Rome's Foreign Minister blamed the exodus of refugees on the chaos in Libya, and said drastic action may be required - including airstrikes against terror groups in Libya. "We need to take care of this emergency not as a single country, but as a union," he said.

The European Union's Commissioner for Migration said Friday progress was being made. "By the end of May, Europe for the first time will have a comprehensive holistic policy on migration," he stated.

That's not enough, said Amnesty International's Gauri Van Gulik.