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File photo: Migrants often attempt to cross the English Channel in small boats like these | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa/picture alliance
A demonstration of the local community in Florence | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/MAURIZIO DEGL'INNOCENTI
A 'No sitting' sign placed by the municipal administration of Monfalcone at the port, January 26, 2026 | Photo: ANSA
The father of a 16-year-old boy who died in the October 3, 2013, shipwreck off Lampedusa, is displaying his son's photo on his cell phone. The teen was identified by doctors from LUBANOF, the Anthropological and Odontological Lab of Milan's State University. In addition, Orthodox priest Derar Gaim Gebremedhin and Yohans Fishaion, a 20-year-old student, were also identified. They were all Eritrean citizens. Agrigento, January 26, 2026 | Photo: ANSA / CONCETTA RIZZO
Shacks destroyed by a fire at the migrant camp in the countryside between San Severo and Rignano Garganico, near Foggia | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/FRANCO CAUTILLO