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May 11, 2021

More Than 2,000 Refugees Arrive on Italy's Lampedusa Island, Overwhelming Aid Workers
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In Italy, more than 2,000 refugees - mostly from sub-Saharan Africa,
Pakistan and Syria - have arrived on the Mediterranean island of
Lampedusa within the past day. Hundreds of the asylum seekers were
forced to sleep on an open-air dock after the local shelter surpassed
its capacity. Hundreds more have been quarantined until they're tested
for COVID-19.

This comes after at least five refugees died Sunday when their boat
capsized off the Libyan coast as they attempted to reach Europe. A
humanitarian aid group said there could be a newborn baby among the
dead.


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