Italy and Austria join in project to help migrants find work
A project has been launched in some of the border areas between Italy and Austria to help refugees and asylum seekers find a job.
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Ocean Viking stand-off resolved, 6 countries agree to take migrants
France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania have agreed to take in the 356 migrants on board the rescue ship. The ship received permission to disembark the migrants in Malta.
Sant'Egidio commemorates South African refugee murdered in 1989
Jerry Essan Masslo was killed during the robbery that targeted migrant farmworkers. His murder shook Italy. It led the government to issue the first measures to regularize migrants.
Spain says Open Arms was not authorised for rescues
Will the Spanish rescue boat Open Arms be fined for its latest rescue operations? The Spanish deputy prime minister has criticized the Spanish-flagged ship, stressing that it had not been authorized to conduct rescue operations.
Mediterranean migrant rescue ship running low on food: Doctors Without Borders
There are 356 migrants on the Ocean Viking ship, which has not been allowed to dock by Italian and Maltese authorities for two weeks. The vessel picked up several groups of migrants but is running out of food.