An Italian coastguard vessel came to the rescue on Saturday of a rescue vessel funded by British street artist Banksy, which sent out a distress signal on Saturday with more than 200 migrants onboard.
A refugee rescue vessel funded by British street artist Banksy called for urgent help late on Friday after lending assistance to a boat in the Mediterranean that was carrying at least one dead migrant.
An Italian collective brought dozens of migrants to safety Saturday in the country's first such arrival by a charity rescue ship since the coronavirus pandemic eased.
Rescue authorities found the bodies of seven migrants, including five women, after their boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, coastguard officials said on Sunday.
Italian coast guards on Saturday said they had rescued 143 migrants off the island of Lampedusa although around 20 others were apparently missing according to the survivors.
An Italian diver who led a search for victims of a Mediterranean shipwreck has described the horror of finding the body of a baby, whose mother had clutched him to her as they drowned.
The mayor of Lampedusa in southern Italy has criticized Rome's failure to deal with migrant rescue boats arriving at its port, saying national politicians have "exploited" the small island.
Dozens of migrants who disembarked on Italy's Lampedusa island were again in limbo as a European deal to redistribute them failed to materialize and Madrid said it could fine the Spanish charity for rescuing them.
Ten migrants rescued by a charity ship leapt into the water on Tuesday to try and swim to the nearby Italian island of Lampedusa in desperation after 19 days stuck on board.
Spain's government offered on Sunday to take in the charity vessel Open Arms with more than 100 migrants on board because of Italy's "inconceivable" refusal to allow it to dock.
Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday reluctantly authorised 27 migrant children rescued at sea
to disembark from a charity vessel anchored in limbo off Lampedusa island for days.
Several more migrants have been taken from the rescue vessel Open Arms for medical reasons to the Italian island of
Lampedusa, the Spanish charity which operates the boat said Friday.
A charity rescue vessel on Saturday brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa, the second boat to defy far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s bid to close Italian ports to them.
The captain of a charity rescue ship blocked off Italy with 40 people on board said Friday the situation was "incredibly tense", as Rome signalled the stand-off may be nearing a close after other European countries offered to take the migrants in.
An Italian charity ship carrying 49 migrants rescued at sea said on Tuesday Rome had refused to let it dock in the latest stand-off between the government and private aid vessels.
An Italian charity ship rescued 49 migrants at sea off Libya Monday, prompting a fresh crackdown from Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on ships which rescue migrants off the coast of north Africa and bring them to Italy.
Five years after the worst migrant shipwreck in its history, Lampedusa is counting on tourism for a fresh start, despite signs its golden sands may become a gateway to Europe once more.
The migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where conditions have markedly deteriorated in recent months, will be temporarily shut down for renovation works, the Italian interior ministry said on Tuesday.
October 3rd is a date which to many represents a turning point in Europe's migration crisis: four years ago today, a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa killed 368 migrants, an event which shocked the country and was reported around the world.
The Italian island of Lampedusa became a symbol for the country's welcoming culture towards migrants, and an award-winning film showed how islanders and new arrivals lived together in harmony.
A ship chartered by the German NGO, Jugend Rettet, was blocked overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa by the coastguard as part of a 'routine check'.
It is not an experience he's keen to repeat but Carmelo Cuzzolino is resigned to the inevitable as stretched resources mean more merchant ships get caught up in the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
A Unesco jury has awarded the organization's prestigious 'peace prize' to the mayor of Lampedusa, the Italian island which gained fame as a hotspot for migrant arrivals.
