World | NPR On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay. Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month.

And here there is something that should be stressed. Italy has the most right-wing government it has had for years. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni came to power promising to deal with the problem.

Lampedusa is the closest piece of European territory to North Africa, ... Attilio Lucia, the deputy mayor of Lampedusa, in his office on Sept. 20. Lucia is with Italy's right-wing Lega party.

Angela Maraventano says she voted for Meloni, hoping the right-wing leader would solve Lampedusa’s economic woes [Federica Marsi/Al Jazeera] ...

A Marxist, he's formed what might seem an unlikely union with the town's deputy mayor from the right-wing Lega Party to stop Lampedusa becoming what he calls a military zone. SFERLAZZO: (Speaking ...

The prime minister is facing increased pressure from her right-wing coalition partners as the number of migrants trying to enter the country via Lampedusa soars. By Gaia Pianigiani Gaia Pianigiani ...

The right-wing coalition is the favorite for the legislative elections. Since the municipal elections in the spring, the young Lampedusian has become deputy mayor of the island.

With some 800 people arriving in the past 24 hours - and well over 7,000 in the past five days - the country's right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has called the situation "unsustainable".

Lampedusa has a migrant reception centre with an official capacity of only 400. It was housing an estimated 4,000 people on Wednesday. Dozens of migrants jumped the fence to escape the overcrowded ...

The right-wing politician recently visited Lampedusa where he praised the work of his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi who is the interior minister in Meloni’s government. Street art ...