Members of Tunisian security forces dispense disinfectants as they dismantle a makeshift camp for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa at Ben Farhat farm near the Tunisian city of Sfax on April 24, 2025.

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.

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.

Lampedusa, which has borne the brunt of the European migration crisis for years, is at breaking point, according to migration experts. More than 11,000 migrants arrived on the tiny island between ...

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.

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.

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.

ROBERT HARDMAN: To put it in perspective, imagine that 3.7 million migrants suddenly landed on the shores of Kent - in one week. I suspect even the most liberal would concede it was wrong.

History's first Latin American pope has made the plight of migrants a priority of his 10-year pontificate, travelling to Lampedusa in his first trip as pope to honour migrants who drowned ...

The government has held firm on its decision not to take in migrants from Lampedusa. “[We] ... November 2020: Brutal dismantling of migrant camp in central Paris ; ...