Migrants sit outside the Lampedusa's migrant reception center, Sicily. The reception center in Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa remained critical Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.
Migrants stand in the Lampedusa's migrant reception center, Sicily.
Migrants collect their belongings as they prepare to walk towards a station to board a bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome. Despite vows by Italy’s right-wing government to crack down on migrant arrivals and European Union-inked deals with Tunisia to stem the flow, the numbers of desperate people making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing keep rising.
In this photo provided by the Serbian Interior Ministry, Serbian police officers detain migrants at an undisclosed location close to the country's border with Hungary.
Migrants wait near a station to board a bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome.
A migrant holds his bus ticket to Marseille, France, as he waits near a bus station in Rome.
Migrants walk towards a station to board a bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome.
A Serbian Gendarmerie officer stands guard as detained migrants sit on the ground at an undisclosed location close to the country's border with Hungary. Serbian police have rounded up hundreds of migrants and found automatic weapons in a raid along the border with Hungary where frequent clashes have been reported between groups of smugglers exploiting the hardship of people trying to reach Western Europe.
Blankets and mattress used by migrants as night shelter are seen near an highway pass after they left by bus directed to Marseille, France, in Rome.
