A group of 37 migrants and refugees
were intercepted by finance police on Monday after landing
independently on Lampedusa.
The arrivals, from Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria,
Senegal and Togo and who included three women, were spotted in
Cala Galera on the southern shore of the tiny Sicilian island
that is closer to north Africa than it is to Italy.
The group said they had departed from Sfax in Tunisia.
There was reportedly no sign of the boat used in the crossing.
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