Italian authorities brought 59 illegal boat migrants to shore in Lampedusa on Saturday night, despite claiming to have closed Italy’s ports to migrants earlier this month.
After spotting a wooden boat a mile from the coast of the Pelagie Islands, the Italian Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza intercepted the 59 illegal migrants and escorted them back to Favaloro Pier in Lampedusa where the migrants were immediately disembarked, Italian newspaper La Stampa reports. ...
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