@monman12 wrote:
Migrants who arrive in Lampedusa are processed in centers, screened for asylum and often sent back home. Some slip into the general public and make their way to northern Europe, seeking to blend into larger immigrant communities. In Italy, migrants can work legally only if they have a work permit and a contract before they arrive — a policy pushed through by Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party.
more from an article that contained the above:
Survivors packed Lampedusa’s detention center for migrants, along with those aboard the two other smugglers’ boats, which reached shore safely. More than 1,000 people were squeezed into a space built for 250, Moscarelli said. Medical workers scrambled to treat the injured.
(Australian authorities were criticised for the treatment of the survivors of the Christmas Island tragedy)
