A total of 214 migrants were reported
to have reached the island of Lampedusa between Sunday night and
Monday after the four boats on which they were travelling were
rescued by port authorities and an NGO-run ship.
On Sunday, five landings were recorded for a total of 323
people.
Lampedusa's hotspot on Monday was hosting 750 people after the
latest arrivals.
The latest boats to reach the Sicilian island were rescued by
port authorities and by the Astral vessel operated by the NGO
Open Arms with rescued passengers including 72 citizens of
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon and Syria; 18
Sudanese and Syrian citizens; 40 Syrians and 84 Egyptians,
Sudanese and Syrians.
Their vessels had departed from Zawiya, Sabratha and Gargarish
in Libya, passengers said.
Overall, more than 1,000 migrants landed over the weekend on
Italy's southern coast, including on Lampedusa as well as in
Calabria and in the southern part of Puglia.
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