Ombra: "The regional government is writing an important chapter for Sicilian mobility". Alongside the abolition of the tax on ...

There’s less crowds, the produce is at its finest and it’s the ideal temperature for eating al fresco — now is the time for a ...

Lying closer to Tunisia than to Sicily, Lampedusa was a stopover once shared by Arab and European navigators. A former colony of the Kingdom of Naples, in 1986 the island narrowly missed oblivion ...

Non-governmental rescue groups that continue using the Lampedusa, Sicily airport risk unspecified fines and the seizure of their aircraft, it said. The ordinance marked a new effort by the ...

Lampedusa, Italy – Fishing, a quintessential Mediterranean industry, has been a historic lifeline for Lampedusa, the touristy Italian island famed for its picturesque beaches and now, Europe’s ...

Migrants who land on Lampedusa now are swiftly taken by Italian authorities to larger reception centers in Sicily or Italy's mainland. But Sferlazzo and Lucia fear that the government wants to ...

Men, women and children lined up to board buses and vans headed to the island's port to take boats to Sicily further north, where they will be sent to migrant processing centres. Lampedusa ...

The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa should be a holiday paradise ... with migrants taken north to Sicily, then to the Italian mainland and from there allowed to roam through Europe and settle ...

Italy was attempting to transfer some 3,000 migrants from the island of Lampedusa to other parts ... on ferries and police vessels bound for Sicily and the Italian mainland. Another 2,500 people ...

Lampedusa sits in the Mediterranean between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is a first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the European Union. “In the past ...

The migrants arriving now outnumber the entire population of Lampedusa. LONDON -- Tensions are rising quickly in Lampedusa -- a small Italian island located off the coast of Sicily -- after local ...

Lampedusa sits in the Mediterranean between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is a first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the European Union. Sign up here.