A lucrative racket involving fake marriages and falsified exams of Italian language to aid clandestine immigration have been discovered by Milan police. Five people were arrested and 78 were placed under investigation on July 3.
UNHCR’s Representative to Italy Chiara Cardoletti made a first visit to Sicily. During it, she praised the island's management of migrant arrivals and said it had shown an "unwavering commitment" to migrant integration.
After nine days on the ship, the 180 migrants aboard the Ocean Viking rescue vessel were allowed to step onto Italian soil after the ship declared an emergency over multiple suicide attempts by people on board.
52 people rescued from the Mediterranean on Saturday remain stranded on a livestock transport ship, MV Talia. Both Italy and Malta have denied them permission to disembark.
Forensic scientists in Tunisia have emphasized the importance of identifying and cataloging the bodies of those who drown in the Mediterranean, in case any of their relatives come looking for them in the future. Yet dozens of migran1