(AGI) - Caltanissetta, Italy, Sept.12 - About 50 of the 144 immigrants, most of whom from Ethiopia and Eritrea, stopped in the night between Saturday and Sunday off the coast of Gela, have asked Italy for political asylum, reported Caltanissetta police chief Filippo Piritore. The requests will be examined, but they are unlikely to be accepted. Yesterday, a first group of 82 people was taken to the temporary shelter camp of Pian del Lago, about 4 km away. In the afternoon, some of the remaining 60 will be taken to Pian del Lago, others to Crotone.(AGI) -
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