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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/instability-fuels-refugee-exodus.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A would-be immigrant is escorted to register at a re-opened detention centre on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-instability-fuels-refugee-exodus.jpg" alt="A would-be immigrant is escorted to register at a re-opened detention centre on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Hundreds of Tunisians have been landing on a tiny Sicilian island by the boatload, swelling the numbers of illegal migrants arriving on Italian shores in less than a week to well over 4,000.</p>
<p>Sixteen boats arrived on Lampedusa in less than 24 hours, on Sunday, Palermo-based coast guard official Claudia Viccica said.</p>
<p>Many of the migrants were crammed on to ageing fishing boats or motorised dinghies after reportedly paying hundreds of euros to smugglers for the trip across the Mediterranean.</p>
<p>The Tunisians are fleeing confusion following street protests and the January 14 ousting of their long-time autocratic president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.</p>
<p>Some are seeking jobs, others are worried about violence, and some are said to be &#8220;close to the entourage&#8221; of Mr Ben Ali and seeking protection, according to Laura Boldrini, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Italy.</p>
<p>Even Linosa, an even more remote island in the archipelago, had a boatload of migrants arrive, the Italian news agency Ansa said.</p>
<p>Foreign minister Franco Frattini, who already was scheduled to go to Syria and Jordan this week, is adding a last-minute stop in Tunis to discuss the exodus with the Tunisian prime minister, foreign ministry officials said.</p>
<p>Many of the arrivals were held in a fenced-in football field until ferries could take them to the mainland for document checks. Those ineligible for asylum risk deportation.</p>
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