Full Lampedusa, 1426 guest migrants rise to 1426: 5 more landings tonight

The landings of migrants on Lampedusa continue, where 338 landed during the night on board five different boats. Yesterday 23 boats arrived with a total of 1,326 people. The Guardia di Finanza sighted and rescued a 4-metre dinghy carrying 8 Tunisians, including a minor. The group left from Teboulba, Tunisia, paying a total of 15,000 Tunisian dinars. Subsequently, the V7003 patrol boat of the Fiamme Gialle sighted and brought a 15-metre wooden boat to the Lampedusa quay with 97 Bengalis, Ethiopians, Moroccans, Syrians, Sudanese and Egyptians on board. Rescuers were told that they left Zuara, in Libya, after paying 4,000 euros each for the crossing. Again from Libya, but this time from Tripoli, the 130 (including 3 women and 5 minors) Bangladeshis, Syrians and Egyptians rescued in the Sar area by the CP319 patrol boat of the Coast Guard set sail on a 12-metre boat , returning to the island, then hooked up to a small fiberglass boat with 55 Bengalis, Moroccans, Egyptians, Somalis and Pakistanis on board. The group said they left at 6pm on Friday from Tadjura (Libya). Furthermore, at Punta Sottile, just before midnight, the Guardia di Finanza rescued 48 Bengalis, Ethiopians, Moroccans, Syrians, Egyptians and Palestinians who had just landed. Also in the group were 2 minors and 3 women, one of whom was taken to the clinic because she was complaining of health problems. There are currently 1,425 migrants hosted at the Lampedusa hotspot whose maximum capacity is close to 400.