Over a thousand undocumented immigrants arrive in southern Italy
August 20, 2013
Over a thousand undocumented immigrants, mostly originating from Libya, Syria, Egypt and Eritrea, landed in southern Italy in the last 24 hours, the Coast Guard reported today
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Rome. - More than a thousand undocumented immigrants, mostly originating from Libya, Syria, Egypt and Eritrea, landed in southern Italy in the last 24 hours, the Coast Guard reported today. The source said that on the morning of Tuesday more than 650 immigrants arrived by boat to Porto Empedocle and Syracuse in Sicily, and the neighboring island of Lampedusa. indicated that they were joined by illegals arrived Monday night in four vessels to different parts of Sicily and the islands Pelagie. According to the Coast Guard, the flow has increased in recent days and largely undocumented escape the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Syria and Egypt, facing civil conflicts. confirmed that Porto Empedocle, Sicily, arrived at dawn on Tuesday a boat carrying 336 people, including 64 women, who said they were Eritrean nationals. According to local authorities, in the moments that were identified about 200 illegal immigrants escaped, so who were wanted by
law enforcement in neighboring areas. Meanwhile, the navy confirmed it had intercepted about 50 miles south of Lampedusa a barge with 233 people on board were taken to the island on guard ships finance, fiscal and border police. Likewise, on a beach south of Syracuse landed 110 immigrants, including 41 children, who claimed to be a Syrian and were taken to a guardhouse finance.
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