“Protecting our country's borders from smugglers is not a crime,” the leader of the right-wing League party said ... eventually allowed to disembark on Lampedusa by a court order.

It said the shipwreck took place near the island of Lampedusa. Survivors said some of the missing had fallen overboard in rough seas, according to AGI news agency, adding that those travelling on ...

Italian rescue vessels have recovered six bodies while searching for up to 40 individuals reported missing after a migrant boat sank near Lampedusa. Survivors revealed that the dinghy carried ...

At least six migrants have died and 40 were missing after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.