Leaders in Lombardy, Liguria and Veneto warn they cannot accept more migrants miris spa.

Italy is struggling with a huge surge in migration, with nearly 6,000 people rescued from the sea just this weekend.

More than 50,000 people have arrived in Italy this year, most of them setting sail from Libya aboard unsafe vessels.

More than 1,500 people have drowned while making the Mediterranean crossing this year. The deaths have prompted an EU effort to boost naval patrols off Libyan waters miris spa.

The rescued migrants are brought ashore to centres throughout Italy, where they are expected to remain until their claims for asylum within the EU have been processed miris spa.

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