Italy Searches For African Migrants After Boat Sinks In Mediterranean : The Two-Way A migrant boat destined for the Sicilian island of Lampedusa sank Monday — the second such incident in as many ...

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.

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

Authorities say about 155 survived the accident which occurred about half a mile off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Presidential adviser Yemane Ghebreab called the incident “a crime against ...

In a similar incident to the Lampedusa tragedy, this asylum boat sunk in Indonesian waters en route to Australia late last month. AAP/Supplied ...

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of Tunisian migrants now outnumber residents. He promised to clear the island of the Tunisians within ...

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 ...

The sinking of a boat that killed 367 migrants off the Italian island of Lampedusa is emblematic of a lucrative and growing people-smuggling business stretching across Africa and beyond to Europe.