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Lampedusa Island
Administratively Lampedusa island is part of the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy. It is located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, 105 miles (170 km) southwest of Licata, Sicily.Lampedusa’s greatest length is about 7 miles (11 km); its greatest width about 2 miles (3 km). It rises to 436 feet (133 metres) above sea level.
Lampedusa Island : Significance
- 13 people died when an overloaded migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa near Italy.
- The European migrant crisis also known as the refugee crisis, is a period beginning in 2015 characterised by high numbers of people arriving in the European Union (EU) from across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe following Turkey’s migrant crisis.
- It is part of a pattern of increased immigration to Europe from other continents.
- Immigrants from outside Europe include asylum seekers and economic migrants.
Reason For Migration:
- War
- Weapon of Mass Migration
- Human rights violations
- Economic hardship
- Climate change refugees.
- Political Reasons
