Italian authorities have arrested two survivors of Sunday’s migrant boat disaster on suspicion of people trafficking, Infrastructure Minister Graziano Delrio said, after the men arrived in the Sicilian port of Catania. Italian police interviewed 27 survivors of the wreck as they were brought to Italy on a coastguard vessel on Tuesday.[…]
At least 20 migrants are feared dead after another incident involving migrant boats off the Libyan coast, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) said after receiving a distress call. The IOM said a person on board one of three boats carrying hundreds of migrants made the call on Monday, a[…]
Nearly 1,000 migrants and refugees were rescued off Italy’s coast, while 10 migrants perished in the southern Mediterranean, officials said Wednesday. The rescue vessels, including coast guard, navy and cargo ships, saved 941 people in seven separate operations that began Tuesday, the coast guard said. The survivors were being ferried[…]
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