The Tunisian captain of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants, has been charged with reckless multiple homicide, Italian officials say.
He has also been charged along with a member of the crew with favouring illegal immigration.
The two were among 27 survivors who arrived in Sicily late on Monday.
The charges come after the EU set out a package of measures to try to ease the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
Search-and-rescue operations will be stepped up, and there will be a campaign to destroy traffickers' boats.
A homicide investigation has been opened into the disaster.
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