Over 3,000 refugees arrived in Italy from Tuesday till Friday, according to the country’s authorities. Italian officials say the majority of the refugees are from sub-Saharan Africa and crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. The good weather conditions and the blocking of the Balkan route were the main reasons of a spite in numbers over the past 3 days via Libya-to Italy. The Italian coastguard rescued 3,112 refugees over the last 3 days that entered into Italian sea waters, while according to Reuters patrol boats collected three dead refugees from the sea. According to the United Nations refugee office, around 9,800 refugees and immigrants have crossed into Italy since the beginning of 2016, a much smaller number compared to the flows entering Greece via Turkey. Italian authorities point out that the vast majority of refugees arriving are not from Syria but sub-Saharan Africa.