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September 21, 2019Next landings at night in Lampedusa, where a total of 108 migrants have landed. Around 11 pm a boat carrying 92 people was intercepted a few miles from the island by a patrol boat of the harbor master's office.

Another 16 migrants, on board a small boat, came directly to the ground. The hotspot, where at the moment there are about 300 non-EU citizens with a maximum capacity of a hundred guests, remains at the collapse. Furthermore, according to weather forecasts, which are deteriorating, the ferry that ensures transfers from the island to the mainland is likely to remain stuck in Porto Empedocle.

In the meantime, the protest of a group of Tunisians continues, asking not to be repatriated by demonstrating in the square of the mother church of the island; by day sitting and sleeping at night on the ground.