Seven people, including a police officer working in the Naples immigration office and another who is retired, were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Naples prosecutor's office. Those arrested were allegedly part of a crimi1
Migrants aboard two rubber boats have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. Good weather has prompted a number of other vessels to cross the sea in the past two days, local authorities report.
The Italian interior ministry has announced it will reopen the centre for repatriations in Rome at the beginning of June. It also said work is underway to open another four similar structures across Italy.
500 migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea this year as of May 20, according to figures released by UNHCR. Meanwhile, 18,408 migrants arrived in Europe. The risk of death has grown exponentially for those who un1
The Libyan coast guard says it rescued 290 migrants from two rubber dinghies off the eastern coast of Tripoli on Friday. The migrants were returned to Libya and handed over to the country's "Anti-Illegal Migration Agency" while clas1