

Migrants wait near the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Migrants rest outside the hotspot, a reception center for irregular migrants, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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


Migrants escape from the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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


Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Migrants walk on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Members of the Red Cross assist a migrant outside the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


A migrant looks through the fence of the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Migrants queue as they wait to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Migrants wait near the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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


Migrants escape from the hotspot, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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


Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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


Migrants wait at the port to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


Migrants wait to be transferred to the mainland, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi


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