[AlAhram] A rusty, overloaded fishing boat carrying 686 people arrived at an Italian island port amid new diplomatic efforts by Mediterranean governments to seek more European help in handling migrant arrivals.Italian coasties ships escorted the boat, which was carrying mostly young men, into port late Monday in Lampedusa, Sicily, an island closer to Africa than the Italian mainland that is one of the main destinations for Libyan-based migrant smugglers.
The passengers disembarked and were taken to a reception center where they were to be processed. Recently Italia began a program to vaccinate newly arrived
The arrivals were the latest in a year that has seen a marked increase in the number of
As of Monday, 44,778
The arrivals have added urgency to efforts by Mediterranean countries to pressure the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...to develop a more equitable migration policy that addresses the problem driving people to flee their homelands and shares the burden beyond front-line European countries that receive the bulk of would-be asylum-seekers.
Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese met with her counterparts from Spain, Malta, Greece and Cyprus this week in Malaga, Spain and said there was an ``urgent'' need to craft a European policy that is equitable and provides ``ambitious'' financing for border patrols, redistribution and repatriation programs.