The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa struggled Thursday to cope with a surge in migrant boats from North Africa after numbers peaked
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa struggled Thursday to cope with a surge in migrant boats from North Africa after numbers peaked at 7,000 people — equivalent to the entire local population. The island’s reception centre, built to house fewer than 400 people, was overwhelmed with men, women and children forced to sleep outside on […]
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