Why are migrants landing in Lampedusa being moved by authorities?

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Migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa are being relocated to towns and cities across the mainland, often on the back of arduous journies across the Mediterranean Sea

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00:00 Transferring migrants from the island of Lampedusa to other locations across the country is the

00:06 only way to relieve pressure on the local reception center that often gets overcrowded.

00:12 This group was taken to the Sicilian town of Porto Impedoclio on board a ferry after

00:16 spending 24 hours on the island.

00:19 Most of them are sub-Saharan migrants who fled Tunisia after a wave of racist attacks

00:23 against black Africans.

00:25 These two women are from the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

00:28 They met here in Lampedusa.

00:56 Migrants usually have to wait to get on board until all passengers, including tourists,

01:00 leave the boat.

01:01 Local people have mixed feelings about migrants arriving on the island.

01:05 They told us the way these landings are now being managed by local authorities has improved

01:09 compared to the early days.

01:11 And if on the one hand it feels like people got used to seeing migrants arriving here,

01:16 on the other they told us they're concerned about the island's reputation and about the

01:21 opinion of outside visitors.

01:46 Landings by sea date back to the early 90s.

01:50 Seeing new people is in fact part of the island's DNA.

01:53 With no reception centre yet, local families used to host these migrants in their homes.

01:59 Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Lampedusa.

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