Italian island 'overwhelmed' after 1,500 migrants arrive in just one day Lampedusa, the tiny Italian island off the coast of Africa, is once again at the front line of the migration crisis.

Lampedusa, which has borne the brunt of the European migration crisis for years, is at breaking point, according to migration experts. More than 11,000 migrants arrived on the tiny island between ...

On Lampedusa, the lucky few who made it across the sea live in misery Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

On the borders of Europe and Africa, at the crossroads of migrants' hopes and European tensions, the Italian island's history has been punctuated by the tragedy of shipwrecks. It has been in the ...

At least 10,000 migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island last week, stretching local resources.

That has certainly been the feeling here on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa (population: 6,000) this week, as it has been forced to cope with more than double its own population suddenly ...

Pope Francis blasted the "fanaticism of indifference" that greets migrants seeking a better life as he arrived Friday in the Mediterranean port of Marseille.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that France would not be taking in any of the migrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last week. FRANCE 24 looks back ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he is joining Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean ...