Migrant crisis: Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?
NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET, of Associated Press, report ahead of the Pope’s upcoming visit to the French port of Marseille, one of the most multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic cities on the shores of the Mediterranean…
EU chief pledges migrant action plan in Italy’s Lampedusa
Lampedusa, Italy Reuters European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, and promised a 10-point EU action plan to help Italy deal with the situation. Nearly 126,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year, almost double the […]
Newborn found dead on migrant boat off Italy’s Lampedusa as islanders protest
Lampedusa, Italy Reuters The Italian Coast Guard found a newborn baby dead on a boat carrying migrants to Lampedusa, ANSA news agency reported on Saturday, as dozens of the island’s citizens protested over a recent surge in arrivals. Nearly 126,000 migrants have arrived in Italy this year, almost double the figure by the same date […]
UN refugee agency: wave of migrants must be moved off island of Lampedusa
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it was imperative that the thousands of migrants who have arrived in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa be relocated because of its limited resources. Around 7,000 migrants arrived on the shore of the small island in a two-day period, prompting pleas for […]
Italy’s Lampedusa pleads for help after thousands of migrant arrivals
Lampedusa, Italy Reuters The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said on Thursday, after thousands of people landed from North Africa on flimsy boats over the past two days. Lampedusa sits in the Mediterranean between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island […]
Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean
Rome, ItalyReuters Forty-one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, Italian authorities and United Nations agencies said on Wednesday, citing survivors who have been taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Local public prosecutor Salvatore Vella and three UN agencies confirmed media reports that four people who […]
Migrants dead, missing after shipwrecks off Italy, Tunisia
Rome, ItalyReuters Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said on Sunday, adding that 57 people had been rescued. In a separate operation, 34 migrants were airlifted by helicopter from a cliff in Lampedusa on which they had […]
Italy rescues more than 300 migrants from boat in distress
Rome, ItalyReuters The Italian coastguard rescued 305 migrants who were trying to reach Europe aboard an overloaded boat that ran into difficulty off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, a statement said on Friday. Migrants wait to be rescued by Italian coastguard during a search and rescue (SAR) operation off the coast of Lampedusa, on 20th […]
More than 1,400 migrants arrive on Italy’s Lampedusa
Milan, ItalyReuters Fifteen boats packed with hundreds of migrants landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said they were expecting numbers to increase as the weather improved. More than 1,400 people got off the vessels at the Mediterranean island, one of the main landing points for people trying to get […]
Pope denounces unimaginable “hell” of Libyan migrant camps
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis denounced the unimaginable “hell” of Libya’s migrant detention camps as he celebrated a Mass on Wednesday in honor of would-be asylum seekers who risk their lives for a better future. Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of Francis’ visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa to meet with migrants who had recently […]