(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 31 - Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello on
Mnday threatened a general strike on the Sicilia island due to
the migrant emergency which has crammed its migrant centre past
bursting point.
Martello met with local business owners to decide on the strike
Monday.
Also present at the meeting was former League Senator Angela
Maraventano.
There are now just over 1,000 migrants at the island's hotspot
and its 'Fraternity House' after some 200 were transferred to
Sicily.
On Sunday a boat with 21 migrants aboard caught fire off Crotone
in Calabria while migrants were being trans-shipped, and at
least three died.
British street artist Banksy's rescue ship got into difficulty
and had to be helped by an Italian coastguard vessel. (ANSA).