Lampedusa
More migrants land in Lampedusa
More migrants have reached Lampedusa in the second landing in a few hours between Sunday and Monday. A small boat was intercepted…
Rescue ship Alan Kurdi on its way to Malta
A migrant rescue ship which was waiting outside Lampedusa is heading to Malta, hours after a separate vessel which defied Italy and…
‘Alex’ docks in Lampedusa despite ban
A charity boat carrying 41 rescued migrants has docked in an Italian port despite a ban on it doing so. The captain…
Rescue ship Alan Kurdi heading to Lampedusa
The German humanitarian group Sea-Eye has said one of its ships is on its way to the Italian port of Lampedusa with…
Libya considering freeing all migrants, Italian coast guard saves 55 persons whilst others refused port of entry
Libya is weighing freeing all migrants from detention centres after the massacre at Tajoura detention centre after an airstrike on Tuesday evening.…
SeaWatch enters in Lampedusa’s harbour, Captain arrested – Updated
The Sea-Watch 3 entered Lampedusa and the persons on board have disembarked in the harbour. The decision follows a 16 day standoff…
Sea Watch ignores orders to stop, anchors in front of Lampedusa
The Sea-Watch 3 migrant-rescue ship on Wednesday defied an order from a tax police motor launch to stop and pressed on until…
Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark, moves to ban rescue ships from its waters
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini allowed 10 of the 53 migrants stranded on the Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship to disembark but pressed…
UPDATED: 50 persons saved and heading to Pozallo
50 persons were saved as they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach reach the European coast. According to Alarm Phone,…
Salvini warns that migrants taken to Lampedusa will be expelled
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned that 90 migrants who were taken to Lampedusa after the boat they…
Rescue vessel with 64 persons on board heading to Malta’s waters
Alan Kurdi, the humanitarian vessel with 64 migrants on board is heading to Malta after it was rebuffed by Italy in what…
‘Sea Eye’ ship heads for Lampedusa
The ship ‘Alan Kurdi’ belonging to German migrant rescue NGO Sea Eye is heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa with its…