According to the United Nations, more than 20,000 migrants and refugees have drowned in the past seven years trying to cross the Mediterranean. Meanwhile the number of migrants arriving in Italy via the Mediterranean has risen drama1
Four men are due to go on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in a lorry in southeast England.
The mayor of the northern Italian town of Ferrara, right-wing League party member Alan Fabbri, has sparked outcry after comparing undocumented migrants to a "tumor to eradicate". The comment came in relation to the police headquarte1
As part of kits for migrants rescued at sea The Ibby library on the island of Lampedusa has donated picture books to the NGO migrant rescue ships run by Sea Watch, Mediterranea and Open Arms.
Four NGOs involved in the rescue of migrants experiencing difficulty at sea have issued a statement calling for Italy to stop blocking their ships.