Winter level on record, according to satellite data. Hello. Lets get more now on the italian island of lampedusa. The European Commission president has laid out an Emergency Plan of action following the arrival of thousands of migrants. The italian Prime Minister says europes future is at stake. Earlier i spoke to giorgia linardi, from the migrant charity, sea watch. She described the Current Situation in lampedusa. The situation is peculiar because according to people on the island, this is the first time that we have really what we can call a record influx of people in such number of days. Something like this can be recalled from 2011 with the arab spring and the libyan crisis. Its peculiar that this arrival of people coincides with the discussion in the European Parliament last tuesday of the memorandum between tunisia and the eu. And we have news from tunisia about the tunisian authorities pushing migrants onto the coasts where they continue to depart from. So its a situation that
One of europes Migration Choke Points is gasping. More than 8000 arriving in lampedusa in just three days this week, more than the whole population of the italian island. The Migrant Centre built to hold 400 was at ten times its capacity congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals rather more planned. The italian Prime Minister, giorgio meloni, and the eu president , Ursula Von Der Leyen to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure, elected with promises to curb migration. Numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, future that europe wants to set for itself. And it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smugglers and more efforts to distribute migrants across europe, something severa
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