Rescue: Italian navy footage shows rescue of 620 migrants from small boat

Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1bmWO8h Video footage released by the Italian Navy shows the rescue of 620 migrants attempting to reach Italy on a small, unstable boat. A small boat is said to have been carrying 620 migrants, including 167 women and 37 children. Calmer seas have led to a surge in people trying to reach Italy from North Africa. Italy has picked up more than 85,000 migrants so far this year. About 20,000 more than were picked up during the whole of 2013. Italy's navy has been patrolling the waters between Africa and Sicily since October, when 366 people drowned after their boat capsized just a mile from the Italian coast. Over the past year, most of the migrants have been refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and Eritrea's harsh military service, according to the Interior Ministry. Report by Claire Lomas. ITN is becoming ODN. Stay tuned. Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1aENuyJ Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1fta2Qp Add us on Google+: http://bit.ly/17z0Dpd More stories from ITN: Dramatic rescue: Young boy saved from rip current: http://bit.ly/1pfeVzZ Dutch mourn victims of Flight MH17: http://bit.ly/WI4XQB Costa Concordia takes its last voyage: http://bit.ly/1nU1mV5 Flight recorder found at MH17 crash site: http://bit.ly/1k5BBGP Man builds his own Batmobile: http://bit.ly/1lp9Gw2 Second chance: Family narrowly misses MH17 flight: http://bit.ly/1r8ZDAW Malaysia Airline MH17 'shot down': http://bit.ly/UeZm2J Man run over in road rage hit and run: http://bit.ly/1mPDoin Freak Russian storm sends beachgoers screaming: http://bit.ly/1sk7RIu Pamplona attack: Watch as bull gores three runners: http://bit.ly/1zEjJqW Boko Haram mock #BringBackOurGirls campaign: http://bit.ly/1qYw310 Violent clashes in Argentina after Germany loss: http://bit.ly/U3BYoz Horrifying footage shows sheep being punched and kicked: http://bit.ly/W3w3BN Neymar announces he's cheering for Argentina: http://bit.ly/VSPhtq Undercover investigation into Britain's black market: http://bit.ly/1zrR4VO Two gored at Pamplona bull run: http://bit.ly/1miKKuu Brazil's World Cup dream ends in humiliating fashion: http://bit.ly/1joFOot Kim Jong Un filmed limping across stage: http://bit.ly/VFFYNm See 2013's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/1cKAmGl See our Biggest Videos of All Time: http://bit.ly/18ZACCf