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Lampedusa, Italy: Seeking Refuge, Finding Suffering

Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Italy / 05.05.11

Médecins Sans Frontières calls on Italian authorities to drastically improve conditions for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing North Africa, including Libya

Since the popular uprisings and violent confrontations that have shaken the Arab world began in December 2010, some 27,000 refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants from North Africa, have arrived by sea on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The majority of boats that arrived originated from Tunisia, but increasingly boats brought people from Libya seeking refuge – culminating in one of the largest single landings the island has ever seen, with 760 people in one boat arriving on April 19th 2011.

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