Lampedusa on Monday morning recorded
the arrival of 109 people after a total of 300 people reached
the Sicilian island in just 24 hours on Sunday in eight separate
landings.
The local migrant hotspot on Monday was hosting 232 people
including 21 unaccompanied minors.
The last group of migrants to reach the island on Monday morning
included 24 migrants from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan and Syria who
were rescued by a boat operated by EU border agency Frontex.
The migrants said they had departed from Ras Jesir in Libya and
that a Tunisian coast guard vessel they had encountered during
the crossing had allowed them to proceed with their journey.
Meanwhile another group of 35 Egyptians, Moroccans, Libyans and
Syrians, including seven women and seven minors rescued by
NGO-run migrant-rescue vessel Nadir, said they had departed from
Abu Kammash, in Libya, after paying between 7 and 8,000 Libyan
dinars.
A little cat was travelling with the group whose members said
they wanted to travel to Germany.
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