The southern Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa is once again flooded with refugees: since Friday alone, around 1,200 ...

A German rescue group says three young African brothers drowned making the perilous central Mediterranean crossing with their ...

An Italian navy ship arrived Tuesday in Albania with 49 migrants who were intercepted in international waters. Their asylum ...

Italy's attempt to house migrants in non-EU member state Albania while Rome processes their asylum applications has already ...

Fifteen migrants were rescued by an NGO in the Mediterranean after a shipwreck, but three were found dead. The rescue ...

New legislation passed in January requires Italian appeals courts to approve the detention of asylum seekers rather than ...

Fifteen migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean by a non-governmental organisation on Sunday after a shipwreck, and three were found dead, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The rescue took ...

The Italian navy ship Cassiopeia is on patrol in the waters south of Lampedusa island, with the aim of taking migrants on ...

The numbers of migrants reaching the southern Italian island of Lampedusa this year reached 3,000. A negative decision by the Rome court of appeal could further invigorate the fight the government ...

Italy resumed transferring migrants to processing centers in Albania, media reports said Tuesday. An Italian Navy ship, ...

Just over 66,000 migrants arrived in Italy by boat last ... by a rescue operation in the Mediterranean, off the island of Lampedusa, in this image from video released by the Italian coast guard ...