Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on February 24 convened a meeting with his counterparts from Spain, Greece and Pakistan to launch enhanced coordination against irregular migration flows.
Thousands of people died or went missing along global migration routes last year, the UN migration agency has reported. Deaths in the Mediterranean rose sharply early this year despite lower totals recorded in 2025.
On the third anniversary of the shipwreck off Steccato di Cutro, Save the Children and UN agencies UNHCR and International Organization for Migration recalled migrants who continue to die at sea, warning that more than 300 children1
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday that at least three Egyptian nationals were among those who died on a boat that sank on its way to Greece over the weekend. They added that at least 18 Egyptians are be1
The Greek authorities detained a suspected migrant smuggler not far from the Turkish border on Wednesday. The man was driving a car with 12 migrants in it.