More than 2,000 Immigrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the last 24 hours, ANSA reported today, causing concern in Rome, reports APE.
The number of migrants embarking on overcrowded boats on the perilous journey to Lampedusa, located off the coast of North Africa and Sicily, has risen significantly in recent days.
Early this morning ANSA broadcast that In the previous 24 hours, 2,128 people arrived on the island, of which 635 overnight.
Italian naval vessels rescued several hundred people aboard small boats and transported them to shore, while other migrants managed to reach Lampedusa on their own.
In recent weeks, ships belonging to non-governmental organizations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean have reported increasing numbers of people starting inflatable or small, wooden boats on the perilous journey to Europe, often from Libya, with dozens drowning. shipwrecks.
According to a report released by the Italian Interior Ministry on Friday, more than 10,700 migrants have arrived in the country since the beginning of the year, at a time when 4,100 arrivals were recorded in the same period in 2020.
Many of the migrants come from Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Bangladesh.
Italy’s right-wing parties, including the ruling coalition, have warned that “thousands of illegal immigrants are arriving in Italy”, with party leader and former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini calling for an urgent meeting on Sunday. .
Salvini explained that he was already in contact with Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgeze.
ANSA reported that Lamorge also contacted Draghi over the weekend to inform him of the growing number of migrants arriving in Italy.
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