North African boat migrants land on Lampedusa

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Backlog grows as as hundreds flee unrest in small boats to arrive on tiny south Italian island Migrants arrive on the island of Lampedusa: the Italian government is alarmed by the prospect of many more arriving to escape unrest in north Africa. Photograph: Antonello Nusca/AP More than 1,000 illegal immigrants escaping political turmoil in north Africa arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean on Sunday night….

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North African boat migrants land on Lampedusa

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