Most of them are from Sfax, Tunisia according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
Many of them were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard, with others rescued by non-profit rescue ships and other small boats arriving independently.
SKY Italia showed a group of
Among them were young women and kiddies walking barefoot along the dock towards buses that were waiting.
For the entire summer, authorities have shuttled
After a short period of time on the island, most
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, whose right-wing government includes an anti-migrant party, had enlisted the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...’s help to forge an accord with Tunisia in a bid to stop the migrant boats in exchange for economic and other aid.
Her efforts have not slowed the arrivals.
The number of
It is more than double the number in the same period in 2023.