There have been three landings in Lampedusa for a total of 108 people. A 10-meter boat, departing from Sfax in Tunisia, managed to arrive directly at Cala Croce, with 57 Ivorians, Guineans, Malaysians, and Senegalese who were stopped by the Guardia di Finanza, which also seized the vessel.
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The rescues
The patrol boats of the Guardia di Finanza and the Coast Guard first rescued 28 Eritreans and Sudanese and then 23 migrants of the same nationalities and from Somalia who departed respectively from Sabratha and Zwara in Libya.
Transfers to the hotspot
All were taken to the hotspot in Contrada Imbriacola where, at the moment, there are 191 refugees.
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Another 39 landings on Saturday
On Saturday, August 8, 39 migrants, including a woman and a minor, landed on the island after the 10-meter boat they were traveling on was rescued by the Guardia di Finanza patrol boat V1104. They reported having set sail from Zwara in Libya, paying from 4,000 to 6 dollars, and being originally from Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, and Somalia.
One hundred arrivals on Thursday
On Thursday, August 6, one hundred migrants landed in Lampedusa after the patrol boats of Frontex and the Coast Guard rescued two rubber boats and a 7-meter boat. Two boats set sail from Khoms and Tajura in Libya, the other from Sfax in Tunisia. Most of the migrants said they wanted to stay in Italy, others wanted to reach Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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