RAS JEBEL, Tunisia (AP) — Once it was just the jobless young men who set off from Tunisia’s rocky northern beaches for Sicily, usually defying their parents in hopes of a better future. Now Tunisian…
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A total of 51 doctors who tested positive for COVID-19 have succumbed to the disease as of Friday. Filippo Anelli, president of the Italian Association of Doctors, had recently called for doctors in the country…
MILAN (AP) — The deaths of at least 13 people early Monday on an overloaded migrant boat that capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa have galvanized calls to shut down smuggler routes and revamp…
MILAN (AP) — More than 80 people were being evacuated from a migrant rescue ship on Tuesday, capping a drama that saw 15 passengers jump into the sea to escape deteriorating conditions aboard and spurred…
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — A private rescue ship that has remained at sea with 121 migrants after being denied permission to enter ports in two European countries rescued 39 more people Saturday, a Spanish aid…
STIGNANO, ITALY — Nigerian-American designer Wale Oyejide visited the southern Italian region of Calabria to photograph and film some of the migrants who have helped repopulate the deserted towns of this depressed area of Italy….
ROME (AP) — Europe’s latest migrant standoff came to a conclusion Thursday as 47 migrants kept at sea for nearly two weeks while Italy pressured European countries to take them in finally disembarked from their…
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has been forced to end migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean carried out by the vessel Aquarius. ⚡BREAKING: @MSF and SOS Méditerranée have been forced to end operations on…
ROME (AP) — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local): 6 p.m. Greek authorities say they have broken a criminal ring that smuggled migrants that had entered Greece illegally to Italy by using…
ABOARD AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP — International charity ships and Libya’s coast guard picked up several hundred migrants Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats toward Italy. Libyan…