For thousands of years, Lampedusa has served as a garrison for empires

Everyone Is an Immigrant by Eliza Griswold: " It’s a spectacular show when the open, wooden boats come in, people huddled against the gunwales. In this human drama, the police are the supporting actors. So are the journalists like me, struggling against the cordon to talk to arrivals. So are the paramedics. We are all waiting for refugees."

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