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Thousand migrants land on Italy's Lampedusa

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More than 1,000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, media reported, while an NGO warned of hundreds more people in trouble in waters off Malta.

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Rescue charity Alarm Phone meanwhile appealed for help to pick up three boats in Maltese waters, saying: "One rescue operation could put a total of around 231 people out of danger of drowning." Between January 1 and April 21 this year, 8,604 people arrived in Italy and another 65 in Malta, while 359 people died, the IOM says.

 

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