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Overcrowding crisis at Lampedusa migrant hotspot over

Number of migrants at centre peaked at over 3,300 on Friday

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 2 - The severe overcrowding that the migrant hotspot on the island of Lampedusa had endured for several days was over on Sunday after a series of operations to transfer people to other pars of Italy.
    The number of people at the hotspot peaked at 3,306 on Friday, while it has a capacity to host only around 400, after a series of migrant-boat arrivals.
    The number was down to 513 on Sunday afternoon, when 295 people were taken to Porto Empedocle, in Sicily, with a ferry.
    "Normality has returned," said Ignazio Schintu, the director of emergency and rescue operations for the Italian Red Cross, which runs the hotspot.
    "By keeping this pace, transferring 2,500 people to the mainland in 36 hours, it is possible to not have an emergency". (ANSA).
   

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