A total of 1,869 migrants arrived in Lampedusa yesterday, with 41 boats rescued in the waters in front of the island or in the Sar area by patrol boats of the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza. A record never achieved before.

Two small boats, carrying 46 and 41 migrants, managed to land directly on land between Guitgia beach and a nearby cove.

Since midnight, another 14 landings have been recorded, with around 605 migrants.

At the contrada Imbriacola hotspot, from where 750 guests were transferred yesterday, there are currently over 3,000 migrants.

Just yesterday, in Cutro, on the Crotone coast where the tragic shipwreck took the lives of over 70 people, the Council of Ministers dedicated to the management of immigration and landings was held. Among the measures adopted by the Government, harsher penalties for smugglers who organize journeys of hope, who will risk up to 30 years in prison.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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