Nearly 7,000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa from Tunisia this week, and the Red Cross said that 3,800 remained on the island on Friday.
MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants to their home countries and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy’s premier to a tiny fishing island today!
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