It’s an Italian island closest to the coast of Libya where a significant number of migrants fleeing Africa & Middle-east conflicts or economic hardship usually make landfall or are taken to when rescued out in the Mediterranean sea. Several boating disasters have occurred in its waters with hundreds of deaths.
The cartoon is probably about an EU plan to redistribute asylum seekers amongst all EU members since only a handful are taking them in at the moment for processing of their claims. The UK is one country baulking at taking them in.
cheetahqueen almost 9 years ago
? Anyone?
superposition almost 9 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa
OmqR-IV.0 almost 9 years ago
It’s an Italian island closest to the coast of Libya where a significant number of migrants fleeing Africa & Middle-east conflicts or economic hardship usually make landfall or are taken to when rescued out in the Mediterranean sea. Several boating disasters have occurred in its waters with hundreds of deaths.
The cartoon is probably about an EU plan to redistribute asylum seekers amongst all EU members since only a handful are taking them in at the moment for processing of their claims. The UK is one country baulking at taking them in.