The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa is a first point of arrival for people seeking asylum or looking to keep moving north to other European countries.
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00:00 Flocks of boats turn into queues of people.
00:07 The Italian island of Lampedusa has seen another massive wave of arrivals.
00:12 Nearly 7,000 people have arrived in hundreds of small boats in the past 24 hours.
00:18 The situation is complex and as the Italian Crossroads we are continuing to guarantee,
00:37 although with great effort, the services of the people we are assisting.
00:44 According to Italian Interior Ministry data, more than 120,000 migrants have disembarked
00:50 in Italy since the beginning of the year.
00:52 Among them, 11,000 unaccompanied minors.
00:56 In April, the government declared a six-month state of emergency to cope with the flow.
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