Italy's navy has rescued more than 4,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily in the past four days and several other rescue operations are still going on, officials said on Friday.



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/italy-rescu...e.html#cmyKD63

The inevitable result of this will be thousands more chancers, criminals, wasters and undesirables heading to the UK.

It might be harsh and unpalatable to some but is there a case for letting them drown ?