Lampedusa, Italy: The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa is facing a surge in migrant boats arriving from North Africa, with the number peaking at 7,000 people, even more than the entire island population, which generally had around 6,000
Migrants from sub-Saharan African countries are seen on a street in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on August 25, 2023. The migrants reportedly arrived in Tunisia without documents and took shelter on a street 200 meters from the building that houses the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency