Forty-one people reportedly died in a migrant shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors say, the latest tragedy amid a spike in efforts in people making the dangerous sea crossing ...

Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed.

Forty one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, Italian authorities and United Nations agencies said on Wednesday, citing survivors who have been ...

The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa should be a holiday paradise. The most southerly territory of Italy lies exactly between that country and North Africa. With a population of around 6,000 ...

German MEP Carola Rackete, who became famous for a public spat over migration with Italy’s far-right chief Matteo Salvini, ...

Shipwreck kills dozens of migrants off Italian coast 01:57. Over 50 migrants were headed to the Italian island of Lampedusa Sunday after a charity ship rescued them from an abandoned oil platform ...

World | NPR On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay. Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month.

40 migrants are missing and feared dead after a boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian Coast Guard only rescued 10 survivors from a boat that ...

Lampedusa, Italy – More than 2,000 people and 289 children have died in 2023 trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety and a future in Europe. Many of those who survive the ...