to try to bust up these gangs that are really preying and making a fast buck off human tragedy. this particular boat set sail from egypt. the migrants were loaded bit by bit on one fishing vessel and after a few days they were transferred to another fishing vessel. none of these boats sea worthy. they are rust buckets and then finally they were rescued by the italian navy. they are back on dry land now. now being given medical checks and in the process of identification carol. >> karl, i know you have talked to some of these migrants. what are they telling you? >> reporter: harrowing tales of why they left home and how they managed to get here. the price of their passage really has been getting beaten on the way and robbed on the way and being exposed to all kinds of violence especially from those human trafficking gangs. i talked to a syrian man.