A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as it copes with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.
A woman and a child sleep outside the Lampedusa’s migrant reception center, Sicily, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023. The reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa remained critical Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. A man sits outside the Lampedusa’s migrant reception center, Sicily, Italy, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023.
A woman and a child sleep outside the Lampedusa’s migrant reception center, Sicily, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023. The reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa remained critical Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. A woman and a child sleep outside the Lampedusa’s migrant reception center, Sicily, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023.
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