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Several migrants drown as boat capsizes off Italy's Lampedusa

Migrants believed to have started their journey in Tunisia, Italian officials say.

Italy denies Rome wants EU to pay Libya to block refugees

PM Mario Draghi wanted to propose at May 24 summit that EU make a deal with Libya to offer financial aid in exchange for hosting refugees, local media had reported.

Over 2,100 migrants arrive on Italian isle of Lampedusa in a day

The island's mayor appealed to the Italian government to deal with the issue after local media reported that many people took to sleeping on mattresses outdoors after the housing centre had filled up.

Migrant woman with coronavirus gives birth on board a helicopter

The woman was staying at a migrant holding centre designed to hold about 100 people but in recent days has been home to nearly 10 times as many due to a pickup in arrivals.

Death toll from Lampedusa shipwreck rises to 18

The boat, which survivors said had departed from Libya taking advantage of a respite in bad weather, was believed to be carrying some 170 people.

Italian coast guard rescues 149 migrants from capsized boat

The Italian Coast Guard said those rescued, who included three children and 13 women, were brought to the port of Lampedusa.

At least 13 women dead in Italy migrant boat sinking

Italian coastguard says it recovered bodies of 13 women, some of them pregnant, after a small overloaded boat carrying around 50 migrants capsized off Lampedusa.

Italian prosecutor orders seizure of Open Arms rescue boat

The move comes after Spanish navy set sail in an attempt to save migrants stuck in the boat off the coast of Italy.

France prepared to take in 40 Open Arms migrants

The French decision comes after the charity boat, which is currently in limbo off the coast of Italian island of Lampedusa, refused to take Spain's offer to dock citing an emergency situation.

Migrant rescue sailboat defies Salvini, docks in Italy

The sailboat Alex, carrying 41 migrants, declined a Maltese offer to go to Malta, as the Mediterranea NGO operating it said such a long journey would have been dangerous for the people aboard.

German migrant rescue boat enters Italian waters despite government ban

Far-right League leader Matteo Salvini has tried to ban the Dutch-flagged vessel from approaching under a "closed ports" policy, which has seen migrants repeatedly stranded at sea.

Tunisian fishermen can either ignore drowning migrants or face the law

Fishermen in the Tunisian town of Zarzis have been frontline actors in saving migrant lives at sea even though their humanitarian assistance is increasingly being compromised by hostile European migration policies.