Italy seems to be on alert in the face of the intensification of the landing of migrants. The Italian media have amplified the emergency, with alarmist titles which depict a country on the verge of panic.
“Migration emergency in Lampedusa: 670 people landed in one day”, title several information platforms, while the situation on the island is reaching out.
Yesterday, May 2, in the space of barely ten hours, 670 migrants reached the coasts of Lampedusa, aboard eleven boats, mainly parts of Libya. A succession of arrivals which reflects an uninterrupted flow of people ready to do anything to flee misery and instability.
A twelfth boat, this time from Monastir in Tunisia, accosted Cala Galera with 49 migrants on board, all from Guinea, Sudan and Nigeria. According to their testimonies, everyone would have paid 500 euros for this perilous crossing. The ship was not found.
This increasing pressure is added to an already fragile situation: 6,600 arrivals in April, an increase of 173 % compared to March. However, this trend is out of step with the overall situation of the year. Indeed, arrivals by sea in 2025 stabilized at 15,793, a modest drop of 2 % compared to the previous year at the same period.
Nevertheless, the explosion of landings in April worries the local and European authorities, while the media describe Lampedusa as a “rupture point” in a system already under pressure. But behind the dramatic aspect of the figures, a human reality hides: thousands of people fleeing war, poverty and repression. The island, although saturated, remains a refuge for those who have survived an often perilous crossing.
Italy calls for a coordinated European response, but the solutions still seem distant to a growing humanitarian crisis.
