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Migrant arrivals to Italy fall 30% in first half of 2026, UNHCR says
Nearly 2,800 migrants arrived in Italy by sea in June, marking a 10% decrease compared with the previous month, according to data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Since the…
Migrants protest at Lampedusa port, Meloni says priority to stop arrivals to Italy
There were moments of tension at Lampedusa port on Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of migrants and refugees who had recently disembarked on…
Italy’s Lampedusa island hit with record migrant arrivals
LAMPEDUSA (Reuters) - The Italian island of Lampedusa is struggling with a record number of landings from boat migrants, local officials said,…
Record migrant arrivals on Lampedusa
Lampedusa was under serious pressure on Saturday following the arrival on the island of a record 1,918 people in 65 landings on…
Two dead, 57 rescued from migrant shipwrecks off Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Italy's coastguard said on Sunday it had recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people off the southern…
Sicily Governor says island ‘swamped’ by migrant landings; Tension at Lampedusa hotspot
Sicily Governor Renato Schifani on Monday denounced the emergency situation on the island region, saying in the last month it has been…
Italy starts relocating refugees after Lampedusa centre overcrowding
The Italian navy is relocating hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification centre…
Seven migrants on boat bound for Lampedusa die of hypothermia
At least seven migrants who were on a boat heading for the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa have died of hypothermia, Italy's ANSA…
Over 1,000 people at Lampedusa migrant hotspot
The migrant hotspot on the Italian island of Lampedusa was badly overcrowded on Thursday, with four more boats carrying 210 people continuing…
10 landings with 177 people in Lampedusa
Ten boats, with 177 migrants, arrived in Lampedusa on Saturday night. Nine landings arrived before midnight and brought the landings on Saturday…