ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Mediterranean Sea mission, which has rescued more than 90,000 migrants in the past year, will go on, the prime minister said on Friday, vowing to continue navy patrols a year after a shipwreck that killed hundreds sparked international outrage.
Italy has repeatedly called for the European Union to contribute more to its Mare Nostrum, or "Our Sea", search-and-rescue mission, which costs the navy 9 million euros a month to run. So far, member states have not stepped up.
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