A total of 460 migrants and refugees
landed on Lampedusa in 14 separate groups on Wednesday,
including one of 40 people intercepted directly on the island.
The figures were updated to around 5 pm local time.
On Wednesday morning 511 new arrivals were transferred off the
island by ferry to the Sicilian port of Porto Empedocle where
they were due to arrive in the evening.
Regular transfers from Lampedusa resumed on Monday after a
problem of overcrowding at the tent camp set up in Porto
Empedocle to receive migrants and refugees arriving from the
island was resolved.
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