Italy struggles with new wave of African migrants

More than 25,000 migrants landed in Sicily between January and the end of April this year, according to EU data.

Local politicians say they are struggling to cope with such an influx and the strain it puts on the public purse. The Italian government wants northern European countries to do more.

In the small port town of Pozzallo on the country’s southern coast an Italian navy ship docks after picking up 300 immigrants. They come from all corners of the Middle East and Africa where they say the…
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