Lampedusa: The island at the heart of the migrant crisis

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 3 a.m.

As the eyes of British news crews are trained on migrants crossing the Channel in boats, Lampedusa on Europe’s southern border is seeing far greater numbers of migrants coming from a new country of origin: Tunisia. What brings these families to Italy?


Guest:

Tom Kington, the Times Italy correspondent.


Host: David Aaronovitch.


Clips used: Euronews, Tele Studio 98, TRIS, La Republica, BBC News, Home Office.



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