At least 53 migrants, including two babies, are feared dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya.
The spokesperson added that rescued migrants were being assisted in Lampedusa by the UNHCR and its partner agency the International Rescue Committee.
Italy is the first European Union state to establish camps outside the EU to decide on migrants’ asylum applications.
Ms De-Dominicis issued her plea for action after another small boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on New Year’s Eve.
The infant belonged to a family from Guinea, and his mother was a minor.
A total of 45 people, including three children, were said to have been on the metal boat.
The passengers of the fishing boat were all men who came from Syria, Pakistan, Egypt and Bangladesh.
