EU responds to Italian calls for help over migrants

2011-02-14 15

Nearly 1,000 Tunisian migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight adding to what's been described as a humanitarian emergency. In the last week nearly 4,000 have made the hazardous trip, fleeing the turmoil in their own country. Lampedusa is a Sicilian island closer to Africa then mainland Italy, which migrants have used in the past as a way into Europe. ... http://www.euronews.net/

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