2,201 migrants in Lampedusa hotspot, 1,430 to be transferred

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 30 - There were 2,201 migrants and refugees at the Lampedusa hotspot on Wednesday morning, after 99 people arrived by sea in two landings on Tuesday night.
    A total of 1,430 migrants and refugees were due to leave the reception facility on Wednesday as authorities continued to work to relieve pressure on the tiny Sicilian island.
    Meanwhile, on Wednesday police were due to question the latest migrants to arrive on Lampedusa amid suspicions that the two boats they travelled on had been tugged by Tunisian fishing boats into Italian waters.
    The two groups, respectively of 44 and 55 people, both report departing from Sfax, in Tunisia, and sailing conditions are said to have been too rough for them to have made it all the way unassisted.
    In Italian waters their boats were intercepted by finance police patrol boats and accompanied to port. (ANSA).