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Another migrant boat arrived at the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa last night. After a few relatively calm days, 347 migrants reached shore.
According to authorities, they come from Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and Bangladesh, among other countries, and the boat left the Libyan coastal city of Zuwara. There were two women on board, and the other passengers were men. she He would have paid up to 8,000 euros for the crossing, the German news agency DPA reported.
The migrant shelter in Lampedusa officially holds about 440 people. In July, the number of migrants needing shelter on the island rose to 2,100. In September, 5,000 arrived in one day on more than a hundred boats.
Italian Prime Minister Meloni promised last year during the election campaign, in the period preceding her presidency, to impose a “naval blockade” against migrants. Despite this, a record number of migrants crossed the Mediterranean to Italy. So far this year, more than 140,000 people without official papers have arrived in Italy by sea. Last year there were 105,000.
Overcrowded boats
Despite the agreement with Tunisia, which aims to reduce the number of migrants coming to Europe via North Africa, many people still risk crossing.
This goes wrong regularly. The boats they use are often unseaworthy or overcrowded. According to a United Nations report, about 25,000 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014. The actual death toll is likely higher.