An Italian navy ship carried a dead body among the 900 illegal migrants brought to shore on Thursday in the Sicilian port of Augusta.br br The men, women and children were picked up a day earlier from three boats drifting in the Mediterranean. The coastguard said bad weather meant none were spotted at sea on Thursday.br br Navy ship commander Francesco Coronas said: “One migrant was found dead on the boat. We couldn’t do much about it. We tried to resuscitate him but it didn’t work out.”br br A Dutch container ship helped in the rescue of at least 300 hundred people from one vessel.br br Among those picked up were many Syrians escaping the country’s 4-year-old civil war. br br Read the International Organisation for Migrant’s latest update on migrant numbers.br br 12,460 #migrants arrived by sea to Italy in May, total no. arrivals since Jan 2015 is 38,690 pic.twitter.