Tag: Lampedusa
Influx of migrants: the “state of emergency” in Lampedusa, Berlin and Rome is fraying
New wave of panic in Lampedusa. According to the words of the head of migration of the Italian Red Cross, Francesca Basile, collected by several Italian media, “around 6,000 people”…
Difficult conditions for new arrivals on Lampedusa
full screen Migrants on board an Italian coast guard boat in southern Italy this spring. Archive image. Photo: Valeria Ferraro/AP/TT Humanitarian conditions on the Italian island of Lampedusa are dire,…
Difficult conditions for new arrivals on Lampedusa
This is because people smugglers in North Africa take the opportunity to travel when the sea is calm. At least one infant has died when a boat capsized near the…
Sharp increase in the number of migrant crossings from Tunisia to Lampedusa
Nearly 1,800 migrants aboard 63 boats arrived in Lampedusa over the weekend, according to island authorities. 1 min With our correspondent in Tunis, Lilia Blaise This is a considerably high…
Mediterranean: Thirty migrants missing off Lampedusa
It is a new drama in the Mediterranean Sea: around thirty migrants are missing after shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa. This was announced by the International Organization for…
Migrations: ten years after the pope’s appeal to Lampedusa, indifference continues
On July 8, 2013, Pope Francis traveled to the small Italian island of Lampedusa, for what would be his very first trip outside the Vatican. Gateway to Europe, the island…
Dozens missing in the sinking of a migrant boat off Lampedusa
A migrant boat was shipwrecked on Thursday off the small Italian island of Lampedusa, leaving around 40 people missing. This was stated on Friday by the spokeswoman for the UN…
Italy: The crisis on Lampedusa is becoming increasingly acute
The very small island off Italy had 21 landings in 24 hours on Monday and 19 during the night to today. During the day, the boats have continued to arrive.…
The number of migrants has quadrupled in the Mediterranean – EPN’s video report on Lampedusa
Immigrants In Italy, the government has declared a state of emergency related to immigration due to the rapidly growing number of migrants. Over the past few days, thousands of people…
Migrants are moved from overcrowded Lampedusa
Published: Just now full screenMigrants on Lampedusa queue to leave the island. Stock Photography. Photo: Renata Brito / AP / TT The Italian navy has begun moving the first 600…