Ten years after the shipwreck off Lampedusa in which 368 refugees lost their lives, the tiny Italian island continues to respond with humanity to migrants.
Lampedusa, Italy, Apr 24 (EFE).- Some 1,200 illegal migrants on Monday arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on 35 boats that apparently set out from Tunis on a journey during which three of the vessels sank and dozens of people are missing, the Italian Coast Guard reported. Coast Guard officials said in a …
The Italian island of Lampedusa saw the arrival of more than 700 migrants and refugees on Wednesday and Thursday. Over 1,300 people are now staying at local hotspots, built for just 350. A baby was found dead on a boat that crossed from Tunisia.