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By Channel 4 News

Updated on 30 April 2009

More4 News reports on the thousands of African migrants who make the crossing to Lampedusa, Italy, every year.

Immigrants (picture: Getty Images)

In ramshackle boats they cross the Mediterranean, yearning for a new life in the European Union, although many will die in the process.

Seyi Rhodes reports from Lampedusa.

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