As of Wednesday, 38,263 migrants have arrived on Italy's shores this year, with 675 deaths on the central Mediterranean route so far.

At least 26 people died in a migrant shipwreck off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday (Aug 13) and 60 were brought ashore, the coastguard said, adding that the death toll was still provisional amid ongoing search operations.

Boats, carrying around 90-100 people in total, overturned some 14 miles off the island in Italian search and rescue zone