Italy rushes to relocate thousands of new Lampedusa arrivals
By DW
16 September 2023 |
5:42 pm
Italy was attempting to transfer some 3,000 migrants from the island of Lampedusa to other parts of the country. The UN's refugee agency urged it to make haste.
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