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Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday.

World News

EU agrees to triple rescue funding for Mediterranean migrants

EU leaders are to triple funding for the search and rescue of migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. European Commission President

Italy

How the EU has struggled to cope with Mediterranean migrant influx

In October 2013, images of 111 coffins, four containing children, shocked the world. They were lined up in a shed on the Italian island of Lampedusa

Belgium

EU leaders gather for migration summit

European leaders bowed their heads during a minute of silence for the 800 migrants who drowned off the coast of Libya on Sunday while attempting to

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Amnesty International protest over migrant crisis in Europe

South Africa

Cape Town protests against attacks on immigrants

Hundreds in Cape Town have attended a protest against the wave of xenophobic violence that has gripped parts of South Africa recently. Demonstrators

Italy

EU leaders meet to address migrant crisis

EU leaders meeting on Thursday over the migrant crisis are expected to agree to expand search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean

World News

Hundreds more migrants land in Italy as protests put pressure on politicians

As European leaders wrestle with the human exodus of African migrants in the Mediterranean and the traffickers putting their lives in danger, yet

South Africa

South Africa: 11 arrested, suspected of violence against immigrants

Johannesburg police arrest 11 men, suspected of involvement in the recent bouts of violence against immigrants.

Europe News

Amnesty says EU "negligent" in migrant tragedy

Amnesty International blames the crisis on the end of Italy's Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation is to blame for dramatic increase in number of migrant deaths.

Italy

Hundreds of migrants dock in Sicily; a further 115 rescued off Libyan coast

Is there a correlation between a decrease in funding and an increase in migrant deaths in the Mediterranean? Italy calls on Europe for action.

Italy

Fleeing migrants need long-term solution from EU: Renzi

The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Libya

Libya detains 600 migrants as Europe struggles with tragedies

Libya says it has stopped several boats packed with migrants since this weekend's shipwreck disaster, and that it is detaining more than 600 Africans who were hoping to reach Europe.

South Africa

Soldiers brought in to help South African police deal with anti-immigrant attacks

Seven people have been killed in the past three weeks in Durban and Johannesburg

Libya

Migrant ship captain accused of multiple homicide over shipwreck

The captain of the migrant ship involved in Sunday’s disaster off Libya has been detained in Sicily, alongside a crew member – both suspected of

World News

Refugee NGOs take apart EU's 10-point plan on migrants crisis

World News

Libya, hazardous pathway for African migrants streaming to Europe

Libya has been the main launch pad for African migrants heading for Europe since the downfall — assisted by NATO countries’ bombers — of Muammar

World News

The migrants tragedy in the Mediterranean sparks creative satirical response

The magnitude of the latest migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean has prompted a global reaction. Cartoonists and NGOs have published powerful

Italy

Captain of migrant boat arrested on suspicion of multiple homicide

Italian authorities say the captain of a migrant boat and his deputy have been arrested. Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, was arrested under suspicion of

Italy

27 survivors of Mediterranean shipwreck reach Italy, death toll 800

Twenty-seven survivors of Sunday’s (April 19) Mediterranean shipwreck arrived on a coast guard vessel at the Italian port of Catania on Monday night