Over a thousand migrants in Lampedusa hotspots, mats on the ground among waste

Foam mattresses thrown on the ground in the open and under the trees, baskets full of waste, empty plastic bottles abandoned in every corner and migrants piled up without any distance and often without masks. Hotspot collapsing in Lampedusa, where the maxi arrivals in recent days have put a strain on the reception machine. The center has come to accommodate over 1,300 people with a capacity of 250 seats. Now there are over a thousand guests. An overcrowding that renders the living conditions in the Imbriacola district inhumane with migrants forced to spend the night outdoors. Meanwhile, the transfer machine, coordinated by the Prefecture of Agrigento that works tirelessly to relieve the pressure in the hotspot, continues at full speed. Ferries, quarantine ships and patrol boats of the Harbor Master’s office go back and forth from the largest of the Pelagias. In a race against time that risks being thwarted at any moment by new flows.