After a three-week-long lull, landings have resumed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. A total of 37 landings were reported between Saturday and Sunday October 10-11 which brought the arrival of over 800 migrants.
Italy’s coast guard is holding the Alan Kurdi private rescue vessel for the second time this year. It was taken to a shipyard in Olbia on the Italian island of Sardinia where it disembarked over 100 rescued migrants towards the end1
At least 11 migrants are thought to have died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia on Sunday. The migrants, believed to be from Africa, were among about 30 people on board. So far, the bodies of eight women and three childr1
An armed group in Libya is reported to have kidnapped 60 migrants — including two dozen children — about two weeks ago. They are holding them hostage in "appalling living conditions," according to the latest statement from Doctors W1
More than a thousand migrants in 485 small boats have landed in the Canary Islands in the past two days. Tightened security along Morocco's coast has pushed migrants and traffickers to risk the Atlantic crossing.