A migrant reception center on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is trying to cope with thousands ... Italy saw the highest number of sea arrivals in 2016, when some 181,400 migrants ...

Island sees 7,000 migrants arrive in 48 hours Lampedusa has population of just over 6,000 Arrivals to Spain's Canary Islands more than treble LAMPEDUSA, Italy, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The small ...

Tensions rise on Italy's Lampedusa island amid migrant influx, posing headache for Meloni’s government . The migrants arriving now outnumber the entire population of Lampedusa.

Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed.

Italy's Lampedusa island struggles with migration crisis Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion ...

Thousand of migrants reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on more than 100 boats this week. Experts say bad weather created a bottleneck resulting in the spike of arrivals from Tunisia.

Migrants wait to be transferred from Lampedusa Island, Italy, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Lampedusa, which is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland, has been overwhelmed this week by thousands of ...

The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said today, after thousands of people landed from North Africa on flimsy ...

A bus reportedly transporting recently arrived migrants slammed into a truck north of Rome early Friday, killing the two drivers, as Italy accelerated the transfers of migrants north to try to relieve ...

Migrants arriving in Italy face extreme challenges to meet their basic needs after leaving reception centres, ... on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 16, 2023.

The Italian Red Cross said some 700 new arrivals had been transferred off Lampedusa on Thursday and 2,500 more transfers were planned for Friday to try to relieve pressure on the island’s ...