A recent increase in the number of asylum seekers reaching the island of Lampedusa is being politicised ahead of Italy's snap elections in September.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned earlier this month when his coalition government fell apart.
Al Jazeera's @Natasha Ghoneim reports from Lampedusa, Italy.

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