More migrants have reached Lampedusa
in the second landing in a few hours between Sunday and Monday.
A small boat was intercepted about one mile from the coast
with 19 people on board, all Tunisian nationals, who were
transferred to a hosting center on the island, local authorities
said Monday.
Another 10 migrants were intercepted on Sunday night after
they had landed on the island.
Meanwhile 65 migrants who reached Malta aboard migrant rescue
vessel Alan Kurdi operated by German NGO Sea-Eye will be
reallocated other countries in the EU, according to reports on
Monday.
The Pope on Monday celebrated Mass to commemorate the sixth
anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa, where he prayed for the
refugees and migrants who drowned trying to reach Europe.
Meanwhile Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta and Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini sparred over the now-defunct Sophia
mission, with Trenta saying she had told Salvini its end would
mean the return of NGO run rescue ships and Salvini retorting
that "I don't want to have a row" but a mission landing all its
migrants in Italy had been unacceptable.
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