Migrants
About 40 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Western Sahara
MADRID (Reuters) - About 40 migrants were feared dead after a boat carrying about 50 people travelling from Western Sahara to Spain's…
Rescue boat with hundreds of migrants picked from Maltese waters asks EU to find it a port
A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants…
Malta: Italy takes in 86 migrants after Malta refuses to budge
A total of 86 migrants in distress within Malta’s search and rescue zone were rescued by the Italian coastguard as the Maltese…
Italy to ask EU to pay Libya to stop migrant departures – newspaper
Italy's government is set to ask the European Union to pay Libya to stop migrant boats leaving its coast, newspaper la Repubblica…
Malta: ‘Missing migrants’ reached Italian territory within hours, AFM says
The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) has issued a statement on the 110 migrants that were adrift in Malta's Search and Rescue…
President reflections – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 4 April 2021 – Update
President's second year - President George Vella reaffirmed his worries about the threat of widespread construction in a message on Easter Sunday,…
Malta: Country refuses to take 146 migrants rescued in its search and rescue area – NGO
A rescue ship that picked up 146 migrants in Malta’s search and rescue zone over the weekend has had a request to…
‘Migrants’ priest’ stabbed to death in Como
A 51-year-old priest, Don Roberto Malgesini, was stabbed to death this morning in Piazza San Rocco, Como. Don Malgesini, from Valtellina, was…
Malta: Only 8% of migrants arriving in Malta relocated to EU – Minister Bartolo
Minister for European and Foreign Affairs Evarist Bartolo has stated that in the last fifteen years, only 8% of immigrants arriving in…
Malta: Two stowaways heading to Italy land behind bars
Two migrants who tried to slip out of Malta by hiding inside a container destined for shipment to Italy have landed behind…
Malta: Captain makes desperate appeal following four-week standoff
The captain of an oil tanker stranded just outside Maltese waters has urgently appealed for 27 migrants they had rescued at the…
Malta: More than 230 asylum seekers in distress in Central Mediterranean – NGO
More than 230 asylum seekers are on board unseaworthy boats adrift the Central Mediterranean route, migrant NGO Alarm Phone warned as it…