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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9897

8 May 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Fresh dispute between Italy and Malta over accepting migrants

Brussels, 07/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - A further incident erupted between Italy and Malta on Wednesday 6 May, after two vessels with 140 migrants on board were found drifting less than 100 km from the Italian island of Lampedusa, but in a Maltese search and rescue area. For several hours, the two countries refused to take responsibility for the migrants who, ultimately, were taken to Lampedusa. This is the fourth incident of this type in the Mediterranean this month, with the two countries...

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