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Lampedusa bid activates EU emergency solidarity mechanism for first time since framework adoption

Italy formally requested activation of the European Union's emergency solidarity mechanism Saturday for the first time since the framework's adoption, citing Lampedusa's processing capacity overrun.

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Central Mediterranean crossings spike as calmer seas pull record spring departures from Libya and Tunisia

Italian and Maltese authorities recorded more than 9,400 central Mediterranean arrivals in the first ten days of May, a four-year high for the period, as calmer seas and easing winds reopened a smuggling corridor that had been throttled for most of the Iran war winter.

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