The naval vessels the Bettica and the Bergamini rescued the migrants in the strait of Sicily.
The European Union deal with Turkey has affected the flow of people who have been able to reach Greece.
Number have swelled in the camp after Balkan nations shut their borders to illegal migrants.
Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley spoke to IBTimes UK on the issue.
Italian coastguards said they have deployed every search and rescue asset in the area for migrant boats.
Government officials report that 1,110 people had left the camp.
Greek authorities are moving the migrants from the makeshift camp to other organised facilities.
Former Number 10 communications chief writes exclusively for IBTimes UK on the issue.
Those intercepted hail from different African countries and include 80 women of whom 11 are pregnant.
Driver arrested on suspicion of facilitating immigration.
A committee of Greek judges refuses to send a Syrian migrant to Turkey.
Glass apologised for the 'inappropriate' comments and said concerns about immigration were valid.
Almost 30% of UK residents would accept a refugee into their own home.
As conditions in refugee camps worsen, the relocation target of 20,000 asylum seekers has been virtually ignored.
Criminal gangs of Iraqi and Moroccan migrants are said to be running a prostitution ring at Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek border.
British people on low pay 'feel the consequences of uncontrolled migration,' said Iain Duncan Smith.
Riikka Yrttiaho says move is protest against racism of hooded vigilante group.
Opposition ministers call on Dutton to apologise for his remarks on refugees.
Kenyan government said it would no longer host as many as 600,000 refugees living on its soil
The pontiff pointed out that it was important to take the local cultures into account as well.
The UN special envoy warned fear of uncontrolled migration risks triggering 'a race to the bottom'.
Visa-free travel for Turks could become a reality by the end of June.
Burundi has repeatedly accused Rwanda of training Burundian refugees to overthrow its president.
Somalis are second largest group of Africans dying in the Mediterranean.
Protesters seek closure of detention camp and entry into Australia.
Turkey accuses the EU of reneging on its visa promise.
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There are 294 unaccompanied children living in the Calais refugee camp, with further 129 unaccounted for.
A Syrian couple have pleaded with the UK Home Office to allow their eldest children into the UK.
Two Moroccans have been rescued by fishing boat off Greek island of Chios.