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Now playing Next Italy 'Strong' 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Sicily Tremor on Tuesday evening was felt in major towns in the south of the island 22/12/2020
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Now playing Next World Sicily's governor issues decree ordering refugee camps to be closed Nello Musumeci says the order affects migrants in every reception centre in Sicily 25/08/2020
Now playing Next Italy Italy sends military to Sicily as hundreds of migrants flee quarantine Officials have said that the migrants were found and tested negative for the coronavirus. 28/07/2020
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