A considerable number of migrants reached the Sicilian island of Lampedusa and the Calabrian city of Crotone in recent days. Nearly 800 people arrived on Lampedusa between Monday and Tuesday.
Migrants in a Bari reception center staged a three-hour protest over poor living conditions, sparked by the recent death of a fellow migrant who allegedly lacked adequate medical care.
The UK has offered direct relocation to asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia, a remote British territory in the Indian Ocean, ending a previous plan for temporary transfer to Romania.
The Italian government, led by Premier Giorgia Meloni, is pressing ahead with its immigration policy despite recent court rulings concerning new migrant centers opened in Albania and criticism from the opposition. Officials are prom1
The number of foreign entrepreneurs in Italy is on the rise while Italian business owners are declining, according to a research carried out by the Association of artisans and small enterprises in the Veneto city of Mestre (CGIA).