Affairs
Affairs Report

Above the water - Italy

Preface

In the second part of our series on Europe's borders, we report from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Each year 20,000 immigrants enter the country illegally by sea and 70 per cent of them land on this tiny outpost with a population of just 5,000 locals.

Credits

Writer: Ivan Carvalho
Photographer: James Reeve



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