A total of 217 migrants and refugees
arrived on Lampedusa in three separate landings on Thursday
morning, on top of the 107 people who disembarked on the tiny
Sicilian island during the night.
A first group, comprising 45 Tunisians and Syrians including six
minors and four women, was intercepted by the Italian
authorities and accompanied to shore after departing from Chebba
in Tunisia. The second and third, respectively comprising 45 and
127 people claiming to be from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Eritrea,
Sudan, Morocco, Syria, Egypt and India, had departed from Zuwara
in Libya.
The new arrivals have all been taken to the hotspot reception
centre in Contrada Imbriacola hotspot, which now hosts 324
people.
Of the migrants and refugees to arrive on Lampedusa during the
night, two groups respectively of 8 and 54 people were rescued
by finance police vessels, while three groups of 1, 17 and 21
Tunisians were found on the islet of Lampione.
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