Lampedusa
Migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa, 7 dead
At least seven migrants drowned after a boat carrying them capsized five miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa early on Wednesday,…
Lampedusa sees 14 migrant landings in one day
There are currently 1,215 migrants present at the Lampedusa hotspot shelter, after the 14 landings on the island in less than 12…
UPDATE – More than 1,400 migrants arrive on Italy’s Lampedusa
Fifteen boats packed with hundreds of migrants landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said they were…
Wave of migrant landings in Lampedusa
There has been a new wave of migrant landings in recent days in Lampedusa, where over 400 migrants have landed within a…
11 migrants die off Tunisia
At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean…
26 migrant-boat landings in 24 hours in Lampedusa
The southern Italian island of Lampedusa registered 26-migrant boats landings in 24 hours on Sunday. Twelve of those boats, carrying 263 asylum…
Sicily Governor and Lampedusa Mayor to meet PM Conte re Migration
Sicily Governor Nello Musumeci and Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello will be received by Premier Giuseppe Conte in Rome on Wednesday, sources said…
Migrant situation in Lampedusa declared as emergency by mayor
The emergency migrant reception centre in Lampedusa has been declared closed by the mayor as there are a thousand people inside, a…
Migrants transferred from overcrowded hotspot Lampedusa to Palermo
A reported 43 migrants have been transferred from an overcrowded hotspot in Lampedusa to a hosting facility in Palermo, officials said Tuesday.…
Recovery of corpses from migrant shipwreck in Lampedusa
Photos showing divers of the Italian Coast Guard preparing to go down about 60 meters deep, six miles south of the coast…
12 bodies found in shipwreck off Lampedusa
A handout video grab taken from underwater footage made by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and released by the Italian Coast Guard…
Search continuing in Lampedusa for victims of latest tragedy
Italian authorities are continuing the search for the bodies of the persons that were on-board a boat that capsized earlier this week…