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.

The island of Lampedusa is situated a little over 100km from the Tunisian coast. On board the boats arriving in Lampedusa from Tunisia, there are refugees and migrants from various African countries.

Mourners gathered in Lampedusa on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a devastating shipwreck, when at least 368 people died off the coast of Italy, leading to outcry across Europe and pledges ...

Refugees who died off Italy 10 years ago remembered as new crisis flares Two tragic shipwrecks off Lampedusa shook the hearts of European leaders in 2013. Now, policies and rhetoric towards those ...

A wooden boat carrying 13 refugees and migrants from Tunisia and Morocco is towed into the port of Lampedusa in October 2020.

A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner ...

France 'will not welcome migrants' from Lampedusa, except for 'political refugees,' says interior minister Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had called on European countries to share the ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will view first-hand the unfolding refugee crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa this weekend, her office announced Saturday.

The Italian authorities closed a reception "hotspot" in Lampedusa after 7,000 refugees arrived in 24 hours on Wednesday, according to the NGO Sea-Watch. Thousands of migrants were being held in ...

(CNN) — 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.

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it was imperative that the thousands of migrants who have arrived in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa be relocated because of its ...