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

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

Italian Navy patrol vessel Cassiopea early on Tuesday reached the Albanian port of Shengjin with 49 migrants rescued over the ...

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

The body of a 3-year-old was plucked from the sea during the rescue on Sunday, while a 2-year-old died on board the rescue vessel, the group said.

Many in Northern Africa aiming to reach Europe travel to Lampedusa, as it requires a shorter journey than reaching the mainland continent. In total, at least 31,184 migrants have either died or ...

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

Lampedusa faces new influx of migrants, with increasing calls for help.

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

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 ...

MILAN (Reuters) - 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.

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