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A Italian Coast Guard boat carry migrants tourists on boat, botto, watch, near the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The Italian Cabinet met Monday to adopt new measures to crack down on migration after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals from Tunisia and the migration issue again took center stage in Europe with talk of a naval blockade. (Cecilia Fabiano / LaPresse via AP)

Sep 19, 2023

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