Proper noun
Lampedusa
The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
A few weeks ago, boats carrying a few thousand Tunisians arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in the wake of the fall of the Ben Ali regime. Source: Internet
Investigators believe Issaoui arrived illegally in Europe on Italy’s Mediterranean island of Lampedusa on September 20. He then arrived at the mainland Italian port of Bari on October 9 before coming to Nice just one or two days before the attack. Source: Internet
Migrant Aouissaoui, 21, arrived in Europe by boat on the Italian island of Lampedusa on September 20 before being told to leave Italy. Source: Internet
Migrants are seen in a file photo at the immigration center on the southern Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy. Source: Internet
When I once heard Mesfun Hagos saying that even if the Lampedusa tragedy had become powerful due to extensive media coverage, that worse things had happened during Ghedli era, I shook my head in utter disbelief. Source: Internet
Closer to Africa than Europe, Lampedusa had been a target for economic migrants for some time following tighter security at other European entry points, particularly the Morocco to Spain route. Source: Internet