Thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday during a large scale effort involving Italian naval ships and other vessels. Those rescued in the mission were taken to the Port of Calabria in Sicily.

Among those arriving on Wednesday was a three-month-old Nigerian baby girl who was born in Libya and baptised Noa Mary on an Italian navy boat on Tuesday.

In 2015, over 1 million migrants made it to Europe.

Thousands of migrants, many from Eritrea and Somalia, had set off in about 20 fishing boats a few hours earlier for the southern Mediterranean Sea, The Guardian reported.

Numerous migrants using the central Mediterranean route, which is from Libya or other north African countries to Italy, are from Nigeria, Eritrea, and Gambia according to the IOM.

Asked whether he believed legal resettlement of the migrants and refugees by the European Union could help to solve the crisis, Doyle said resettlement, such as, for example, the 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled by the United States of America, represents "only a small proportion" of the "millions of refugees" waiting in camps for such a chance but said it is still a positive measure and definitely "is a way of giving people hope, especially the most vulnerable". According to the latest reports, 2,726 people have died on this route during the past year.

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Africans fleeing poverty or dictatorial regimes have been using this route for decades, but more and more refugees from countries like Syria and Iraq are now choosing to travel through Libya instead of seeking entry to Greece via Turkey. The total number of arrivals in Italy this year, prior to Monday's rescues, was at around 105,000, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

The rescuers helped more than 40 rubber and wooden boats on Monday.

Yesterday's rescue highlighted the unsafe tactics used by smugglers, who charge large sums for space on a boat they know will be unlikely to make the journey. The IMO says there are still 275,000 migrants in Libya waiting to make the journey to Italy.

With migration routes through Turkey and the Balkans restricted, more and more people are trying the Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy.

The wet personal belonging of a migrant are spread out to dry in the sun after he was rescued from the Mediterranean sea off Libya on Monday.