Nearly 7000 people arrive at Italian island in less than 24 hours

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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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