Italian minister calls for sanctions on Malta over migrants
Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli on Sunday called for sanctions against Malta, accusing it of not rescuing migrant boats in the Mediterranean and leaving the...
Lampedusa
We shall return to the sea
Neos Kosmos Theatre Group from Greece will perform the play Lampedusa in Limassol on Monday and in Nicosia on Tuesday. Written by award-winning playwright Anders...
Italian navy takes back fishing boat seized near Libya
By Antonio Denti The Italian navy took back control on Friday of a Sicilian fishing boat that had been seized overnight by unknown assailants near...
Ten migrants die in Mediterranean, hundreds rescued
By Philip Pullella At least 10 North African migrants died when their rubber boat overturned in the southern Mediterranean while hundreds more from that vessel...
More than 300 migrants die this week trying to reach Italy – UN agency (Update 2)
By Steve Scherer More than 300 people probably died this week after attempting to reach Italy from Libya on four separate boats in stormy weather,...
At least 25 migrants die after being picked up by Italian coast guard
By Steve Scherer At least 25 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels after being picked up from an inflatable boat adrift near...
Stop Mediterranean becoming vast migrant cemetery, Pope tells Europe
By Eleanor Biles Pope Francis told Europe’s leaders on Tuesday to do more to help thousands of migrants risking their lives trying to get into...
Italy threatens to release refugees into EU unless help increases
By Naomi O’Leary Italy threatened to allow refugees to cross its borders into neighbouring countries on Tuesday unless the European Union takes charge of a sea operation to...
Migrant boat carrying hundreds sinks south of Sicily
By James Mackenzie A boat carrying hundreds of migrants has sunk south off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italian authorities said on Monday, a day after dozens were drowned off the...
2013 believed to be deadliest for desperate migrants
By Stephanie Nebehay MORE than 7,000 migrants may have perished at sea or while crossing deserts trying to reach a safe haven this year, believed...
Eight drown off Greek coast after boat capsizes
Eight illegal immigrants, including four children, drowned on Friday after their boat capsized just off the Greek island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, the...
Hundreds of migrants rescued in sea off Italy
Italian navy and coast guard vessels rescued more than 700 migrants in waters between Sicily and North Africa overnight as an immigration crisis that has...
More migrants reach Italy as govt. prepares to boost sea patrols
By Roberto Landucci and Steve Scherer A migrant boat carrying 137 people reached Italy from North Africa on Monday as the Italian government prepared to...
Divers resume search after Sicily migrant boat disaster
By Steve Scherer Italian divers searched on Friday for bodies trapped in the wreck of a boat packed with African migrants which sank off Sicily,...
At least 94 dead, 250 missing as migrant boat sinks off Italy (updated)
By Wladimir Pantaleone At least 94 people died and up to 250 were missing after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank...
Six migrants coming from Africa drown in sea off Sicily
By Gavin Jones Six migrants drowned off the Italian island of Sicily on Saturday after attempting a dangerous passage from Africa in a fishing boat,...
Pope Francis commemorates migrant dead at Lampedusa
By Alessandro Bianchi Pope Francis celebrated mass on the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Monday to commemorate thousands of migrants who have died crossing...