More than 1,600 migrants brought to Italy in one night

Despite promising a crackdown, right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has seen arrivals triple this year

Italian authorities brought 1,650 predominantly African and Middle Eastern migrants ashore before dawn on Saturday, depositing them in already overcrowded shelters. One day earlier, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced stiffer penalties for traffickers, in a bid to reduce arrival numbers