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Italy rescued nearly 3000 refugees in the Mediterranean. Why are there so many in the Mediterranean?

These refugees mainly come from North Africa and the Middle East, such as Syrian and Libyan refugees. The Middle East is the east and south of the Mediterranean. Refugees in these places all want to go to Europe. There is a turkey on the land, so they can only sneak across the Mediterranean. Then Italy is the nearest. Let's look at the map of the Mediterranean.