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.

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.

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.

40 migrants are missing and feared dead after a boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian Coast Guard only rescued 10 survivors from a boat that ...

Lampedusa's mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series - why does it remain relevant today?