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Lampedusa (''Isola di Lampedusa'' in Italian ) is the largest of the Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea , 205 km from Sicily and 113 km from Tunisia . Politically and administratively Lampedusa is part of Italy , but geologically it belongs to Africa since the sea between the two is no deeper than 120 meters. Lampedusa's 20km² are arid, with no sources of water other than irregular rainfall. The island's population of 5300 subsist on Fishing , Agriculture and Tourism . During World War II , the island was quickly lost to the British Forces in Operation Corkscrew . The municipality of Lampedusa includes also the smaller islands of Linosa and Lampione ; only the first one is inhabited, whereas the second one hosts just an automatic lighthouse on its area. The official name of the municipality is Lampedusa e Linosa. The island of Lampedusa is connected to Sicily by a ferry service with the seaport of Porto Empedocle , near Agrigento . Lampedusa has also a small national airport which carries out service mainly during the summer period. On April 15, 1986, Libya fired two or three Scud s at the U.S. Coast Guard navigation station on the Italian island, in retaliation for American bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi . Recently Lampedusa has made international news as it is one of the prime transit sites for illegal immigrants seeking to enter Europe from Africa, the Middle East and Asia . Recent agreements made between the Libyan and Italian governments have seen the Deportation of many illegal immigrants from Lampedusa back to Libya. The Movie ''Respiro'' (2002) by the Italian movie director Emanuele Crialese was filmed on Lampedusa. EXTERNAL LINKS
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