The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa should be a holiday paradise. The most southerly territory of Italy lies exactly between that country and north Africa.

ROME (Reuters) -One woman died, two people were feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a U.N. migration agency official said on Monday.

Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed.

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Italy's Lampedusa island struggles with migration crisis Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion ...

On Lampedusa, the lucky few who made it across the sea live in misery Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month.

The prefecture of Agrigento with jurisdiction over Lampedusa has ordered the transfer on Tuesday of 220 migrants by ferry. The migrants will be taken to Porto Empedocle in Sicily.

Lampedusa's mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series - why does it remain relevant today?

LAMPEDUSA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Italian island of Lampedusa is struggling with a record number of landings from boat migrants, local officials said on Tuesday, describing the situation as ...