The landings of migrants continue unabated, mainly from the coasts of Libya and Tunisia, on the island of Lampedusa .

And with the arrivals of the last few hours , almost two thousand people welcomed in the hotspot of the Sicilian island have risen, compared to only 350 places available .

Only at dawn on Monday there were seven landings.

Meanwhile, the Tunisian Coast Guard has announced that it has blocked about twenty boats in the context of the fight against illegal immigration.

And the rescue operations of NGO ships also continue. "Third aid: we rescued 73 people, including a one-year-old child, from an almost deflated rubber dinghy 37 miles from the Libyan coast, reported by an alarm phone. 268 shipwrecked are now on board: among them over 100 minors are not accompanied ", reads a statement issued by Ocean Viking .

(Unioneonline / lf)