Completed the following sentence: The close distance between these islands and the African mainland has caused people smuggling organizations to employ boats and rafts otherwise hardly seaworthy, generally vastly filled above their capacity. Official reports list boats filled up to 2 or 3 times nominal capacity, including the use of rubber dinghies.<unk> Official reports list boats filled up to 2 or 3 times nominal capacity, including the use of rubber dinghies. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
2013, 2015 <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> According to the United Nations Convention of the Sea, of which Italy is a subscriber, people rescued at sea have to be transported to the nearest safe harbor: as Libya continues to be in political turmoil this means they are transported to Italy.