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Migrants wait near the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants rest outside the hotspot, a reception center for irregular migrants, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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A migrants looks on outside the hotspot, a reception center for irregular migrants, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants escape from the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants arrive on an Italian Coast Guard vessel after being rescued at sea, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants walk on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Members of the Red Cross assist a migrant outside the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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A migrant looks through the fence of the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants queue as they wait to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants wait near the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Prince, 1,5-years-old, from Cameroon looks on outside the hotspot, a reception center for irregular migrants, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants escape from the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants queue as they wait to be transferred to the main land, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Nsoe Claudine, 29, from Cameroon draws with her son Prince, 1,5-years-old, outside the hotspot, a reception center for irregular migrants, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Migrants wait to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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A migrant holds a baby in a queue as she waits to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Italy's tiny Lampedusa island struggles with spike in migrant arrivals