Italy has declared a state of emergency in the regions worst affected by Wednesday’s earthquake, which killed at least 268 people.
Thousands of migrants and refugees have arrived in mainland Greece, as European leaders squabble over how to defuse growing crisis.
The rapid escalation this year in the numbers of people drowned as they flee in leaky boats across the Mediterranean is a direct consequence of the conflict in Iraq, Syria and north Africa, specifically Libya.
The Tunisian captain of a boat overcrowded with migrants that capsized off Libya on Sunday, has been charged with reckless homicide after hundreds of migrants died in the water.
Hundred of migrants attempting to reach Europe from Libya are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized.