At least 10,000 migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island last week, stretching local resources. ... Lampedusa: Inside the camp at the heart of Europe’s migrant surge. 23 September 2023.

On Lampedusa, the lucky few who made it across the sea live in misery. Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

Lampedusa became the place where one could see migration, where it could be understood through the words of locals. Although a place of shame and fear, the island also became a symbol of solidarity.

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 ...

Lampedusa, the tiny Italian island off the coast of Africa, ... In September 2022 local police clashed with migrants after they tried to scale the camp's perimeter fences in an attempt to flee.

He chose Lampedusa against the advice of some key advisers, ... Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, in this April 16, 2016, file photo.

The European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen has visited a migrant centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where last week 7,000 people arrived on a single day.

LAMPEDUSA, Sept 15 (Reuters) ... and in the cold," Nsoe said while sitting on a camp bed distributed by the Italian Red Cross. Item 1 of 4 Claudine Nsoe, 29, from Cameroon, ...

The Post got an early glimpse of Italy’s new migrant reception center and camp in Albania, 600 miles from Lampedusa, Italy, the intended destination of many asylum seekers.

At least 10,000 migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island last week, stretching local resources. BBC Homepage. ... sought shade under a sprinkling of trees by the iron-gated entrance to the camp.

Thousands of migrants arrived on the shores of Lampedusa last week, overloading local resources on the Italian island. The BBC's Reha Kansara and Emir Nader visited the holding centre, also known ...