(ANSA) Rome, February 20 - An Italian Air Force air
bridge transferring migrants from the tiny island of Lampedusa
to the mainland continued for a fifth day Friday, taking the
total number of people flown out to 622, officials said.
The flights were designed to relieve pressure on the
reception centres of the island after some 2000 migrants from
Libya were rescued in the wake of the Isis extremist forces'
capture of the Libyan region of Sirte.
In all 622 people were transferred from the island by
Friday aboard C-130J transport aircraft of the Pisa-based 46th
Air Brigade.
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