So many dummies in the thread asking "what can Italy do?" then knocking down strawmen about bombing the refugee ships. "But we can't deport them at this scale once we land" yes you can. Retrofit an oil tanker, commandeer a cruise liner, whatever. You're a first world government and this is a simple problem of moving things from one place to another.

Ultimately, all of this comes down to coddled Westerners and their inability to make survival decisions beyond the true crime scenarios all women love talking about.