African migrants watch a memorial service for the deaths of hundreds of migrants in last week's Lampedusa boat disaster, in Tel Aviv October 12, 2013. REUTERS/Nir Elias
ROME (Reuters) - A migrant boat carrying 137 people reached Italy from North Africa on Monday as the Italian government prepared to launch new naval and air patrols to prevent repeats of shipwrecks which have drowned hundreds of Africans this month alone.
The boat docked early on Monday in the port of the southern island of Lampedusa, and the refugees, mostly Syrians, were in good condition, a coastguard spokesman said.
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