Fishing boat with 686 migrants arrives in Lampedusa, Italy
On 27th September in a 45-foot long rusty fishing boat, 686 migrants arrived at the Island of Lampedusa, Italy. As per UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, this was the highest capacity vessel to arrive at Lampedusa since 2016. The migrants were of different nationalities, including arrivals from Morocco, Syria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia and Senegal….