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(File) People wait to board buses after they disembarked from the Diciotti Italian Coast Guard ship in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

Video. WATCH: Hundreds more migrants arrive to Lampedusa island

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More than 250 people were rescued at sea during the night and have been placed in temporary accommodation at Lampedusa island, already overcrowded by continued migrant arrivals.

There are 3,279 migrants hosted in the Lampedusa, which is eight times the expected capacity of 400 people.

Despite the fact that it is overcrowded, migrants have continued to be transferred to the Island. 

Ferries to Porto Emedocle and the patrol boats of the Fiamme Gialle, which set sail for Pozzallo and Porto Empedocle, transferred a total of 697 people.

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