Details were slow to emerge on one of the latest large-scale tragedies in the Mediterranean, as the incident took place over the Christmas holiday period. It is now confirmed that a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia cost 1161
One woman has been confirmed dead in yet another shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, as this year's winter period remains atypically overactive in the smuggling of migrants in the region. An Afghan national suspected of smuggling has been1
The former administrator of a company that managed a repatriation center for migrants in Milan has agreed to a plea bargain deal with prosecutors. This effectively ends proceedings in a fraud case after Italy's finance police docume1
Last week, Italian President Sergio Mattarella pardoned a Libyan citizen who came to Europe in hopes of becoming a professional football player but then found himself sentenced to 30 years in prison as a human trafficker.
Greek authorities have rescued hundreds of migrants in a series of operations off Crete and in the Aegean Sea over the Christmas period, including one incident in which the coast guard has been searching for a missing child.