Category: Lampedusa

8 Dead Migrants Recovered Off Italian Island of Lampedusa

February 3, 2023
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The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy’s coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Friday. Another two people, a newborn and a man, fell into the sea during the crossing and were presumed dead, the coast guard…

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Italian Coast Guard Find Bodies Near Migrant Boat Wreck

July 9, 2021
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The Italian Coast Guard on Friday released underwater images of a migrant boat that sank near the island of Lampedusa on June 30. The packed, 8-metre (25-foot) boat capsized just as coast guard rescue crews were arriving, and seven bodies were soon pulled from the sea, while 46 people were rescued. The death toll from…

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Judge Dismisses Migrant Case Against Italy’s Matteo Salvini

May 15, 2021
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MILAN—A judge in Sicily has dismissed a case against right-wing leader Matteo Salvini for keeping rescued migrants on board a coast guard ship in 2019, saying no crime had been committed. Salvini had faced a possible indictment in the Sicilian port of Catania on charges of kidnapping for not allowing the migrants to disembark for…

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Austria Snubs EU Plea to Accept Lampedusa Illegal Immigrants

May 12, 2021
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Austria on Tuesday rejected a plea for other European Union countries to accept illegal immigrants from Italy, following a surge in arrivals on Lampedusa that seems likely to expose deep-seated divisions across the bloc over migration. More than 2,000 mostly African illegal immigrants have reached the tiny island off Italy’s southern coast by boat since…

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