Italian coastguard vessels have safeguarded 539 transients from a fishing boat floating off the island of Lampedusa.
The salvage on Saturday conveyed probably the biggest number of transients to the Italian island in a solitary day.
Ladies and youngsters were among those ready. A portion of the transients - who had been bridging the Mediterranean Sea from Libya - purportedly showed indications of viciousness.
Italian examiners have opened an investigation into what might have occurred.
A specialist from the philanthropic gathering Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Alida Serrachieri, said some of the travelers seemed to have been truly attacked in Libya while trusting that a boat will ship them to Europe.
Specialists are taking a gander at the likelihood that the travelers might have been dishonestly detained in Libya, nearby media report.
Two coastguard vessels and a traditions boat from Italy's monetary violations police, the Guardia di Finanza, helped transport the transients to Lampedusa.
The island's Mayor Toto Martello portrayed the salvage as "perhaps the greatest arriving lately".
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Lampedusa is one of the fundamental appearance ports for individuals needing to arrive at Europe.
In May, in excess of 1,000 transients arrived on the Italian island in about a couple of hours.
The island has a traveler camp that was initially intended to hold less than 300 individuals. It currently has in excess of multiple times that number, with a lot more held outside on the dusty street.
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