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30 August 2020In Lampedusa, during the night, the disembarkation of about 450 migrants arrived on the island on board a fishing boat intercepted 4 miles from the coast by the patrol boats of the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza.

Among those rescued there may be some Libyan refugees.

The migrants descended in small groups and, in compliance with the anticovid rules, their body temperature was checked. The migrants were then transferred by minibus to the hotspot in the Imbriacola district.

However, the new landing has raised protests on the island
 "We are on our knees, at the hotspot there are more than 1,500 presences, it is not possible to continue to bear these oppressions by the government", said the mayor Salvatore Martello, threatening the strike of the whole island if "immediate decisions are not taken." ". At the port also the protest of the League led by former senator Angela Maraventano, with about ten inhabitants of Lampedusa. 



And 49 people of the more than 200 on board the Louise Michel, the patrol boat financed by the British artist Banksy, had also been transferred to Lampedusa with units of our coast guard. Another 205 migrants are aboard Sea watch4 asking for a port for disembarkation.