Overview
- The Contrada Imbriacola center is hosting 1,531 people, and 200 were moved to mainland facilities to ease crowding.
- Fourteen of the 21 Egyptians and Somalis in the latest group said a Libyan vessel fired on them about 30 minutes after leaving Zuhara, with no injuries reported.
- The 10‑metre boat from that crossing is under seizure as investigators check for bullet impacts to verify the account.
- Frontex, the coast guard and the Guardia di Finanza rescued several boats, and the Carabinieri intercepted one autonomous landing at Cala Croce.
- Authorities say nearly all recent departures began on Libyan coasts with one boat from Djerba, as Interior Ministry data show 45,694 arrivals this year and a sharp year-over-year decline for September.