Lampedusa, gate of Europe for immigrants

302 views · Published 19 March 2015 · 3:44 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: New China TV · 2015 · News & Politics

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Lampedusa, a small Italian island located in the Mediterranean around 200 kilometres from Sicily and 100 kilometres from Tunisia, is considered as a major landing point for asylum-seekers entering the European Union. Many were fleeing impoverished and war-torn countries of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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