Two hundred arrivals at Pozzallo yesterday. Another 642 expected to land at Porto Empedocle today. The immigration center at the island of Lampedusa, which had been closed down because of the worst conditions, de-staffed and opened only for emergencies is now back in use, run by a non-profit. They have 250 beds but 1,215 people to house Read More
Sicily
The Immigrants who Risk Their Lives to Get to Sicily
February 16, 2015
They risk everything to arrive with nothing as clandestine refugees who cross the Mediterranean, now become a graveyard for thousands like them.
29 Body Bags full of Cadavers of Refugees
February 10, 2015
Twenty-nine people died of exposure to the cold on a rescue from the sea. They died while being rushed to Lampedusa, the Sicilian island closest to Africa. They were rescued from some of the worst conditions at sea, waves twenty feet high.
Update: here is the story in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/ Read More
Update: here is the story in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/ Read More