CNN —Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed.
Alessandro Serranò/AFP/Getty ImagesMigrants from a migrant housing centre on Lampedusa are guided by a security official.
The island of Lampedusa is struggling to cope with an influx of migrants.
“The over 130 operators and volunteers of the Italian Red Cross are doing beyond the impossible to ensure basic necessities.
However, Flavio Di Giacomo, from IOM, said the number of arrivals in Lampedusa now was much higher than before.
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