Four dead, 16 missing after failed Mediterranean crossing
Four migrants have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain’s coastguard said on Wednesday. Rescuers…
Italy grants access to Spanish migrant rescue ship
Italian authorities have agreed to grant the Open Arms ship access to a port to disembark 62 African migrants it has been carrying since Wednesday, the founder of the Spanish…
Spanish rescue ship stranded off Italy with over 70 African migrants on board
The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough…
At least two die, 22 rescued from migrant boat off Sicily
At least two people died when a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the coast of the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, Italy’s coastguard said on Monday. The…
Italy Migration policy: “no one is exempt” from helping migrants – Pope Francis
Pope Francis said on Monday that “no one is exempt” from helping migrants, in an indirect rebuke of Italy’s hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini who has tried to shut…