US EditionA flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy
- The Italian island of Lampedusa is facing a dramatic situation as it struggles with a record number of boat migrants, with daily arrivals expected to reach 80 by the end of the day. The island's reception center is overcrowded, with a capacity of only around 400 but currently accommodating about 2,800 migrants.
- Local officials are describing the situation as dramatic, with the island unable to sustain the high number of landings. The prefect and mayor have both voiced concerns about the overwhelming influx of migrants.
- The increase in boat migrants arriving in Italy is attributed to a crackdown on migrants in Tunisia and continued civil unrest in Libya. The current prime minister’s efforts to tackle irregular immigration have not been successful, as the number of arrivals has nearly doubled from the previous year.
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Lampedusa - Italy calls for EU blockade on migrant crossings - EU Commission President wants to visit Lampedusa
Italy's Prime Minister Meloni is demanding help from the European Union to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Among other things, it called for a naval blockade of North Africa. Since the beginning of the week, several thousand boat migrants have reached the small island between Sicily and North Africa.
Migrant pressure eases on Italian island as political tensions rise
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Brussels to help relieve the "unsustainable" pressure on the country, as officials transferred thousands of migrants from the tiny island of Lampedusa to Sicily Friday.
Overcrowding and eternal waiting in a Lampedusa with more migrants than residents
A straight line just a few meters wide in the sea, in the middle of the port, draws a kind of imaginary border between the two realities of Lampedusa. On one side, there are a row of pleasure boats, with bright and pristine white helmets. Some of them listen to happy music and tourists in swimsuits with glasses in their hands come and go endlessly. On the other side, there is a pile of empty barges, some of them of rusted metal and others of woo…
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