Migrants from the reception centre board the Asso Trenta ship to be taken to the quarantine ship NGV Azzurra, in Lampedusa, Italy May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello
(Reuters) - Austria on Tuesday rejected a plea for other European Union countries to accept migrants from Italy, following a surge in arrivals on Lampedusa that seems likely to expose deep-seated divisions across the bloc over migration.
More than 2,000 mostly African migrants have reached the tiny island off Italy's southern coast by boat since Sunday, overwhelming its reception centre.
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