Illegal Immigrants Try To Enter Europe

LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - JUNE 10: An Italian Coast Guard boat prepares to take illegal immigrants on board June 10, 2005 off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. Lampedusa Island, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, is one of the main gateways for illegal immigration from Africa into Europe. According to Amnesty International, since last March, over 1,000 of people of various nationalities have landed by boat on the Sicilian Island and have been detained on arrival and held at a temporary holding center for foreign nationals before being deported. In March the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) requested access to the temporary holding center but was denied. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)