Almost 300 people, including women and children, have been rescued from a migrant boat off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Video filmed by the Italian coastguard shows them pulling people from ...

Photo taken on March 25 shows a doctor from the Sicily Region and Red Cross staff checking the migrants who are getting off the Mare Jonio ship in Pozzallo, Italy. The Mare Jonio ship of the NGO ...

Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian airport to launch search and ...

ROME, March 23 (Reuters) - The Italian coast guard has rescued around 750 migrants in two separate operations off the country's southern coastline, hours after at least five people died and 33 ...

MILAN — The Italian coast guard rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers’ boat capsized in a storm about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the island of Lampedusa ...

Italy’s government has banned charities from flying out of its southern islands in what the organisations say is an attempt ...

The Italian “Emergency” organization has announced the rescue of 87 migrants who had set off from the coast of Zawiya. The ...

The Italian humanitarian group 'Emergency' said on Saturday it rescued 87 people, including women and children, in the ...

Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of Africa, says UN agency ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 442 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. IOM said in a statement that from Feb. 4 to 10, 442 ...

TRIPOLI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said that 584 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. From April 7 to 13, 584 ...