Video footage posted by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) allegedly shows armed men putting some of the women and children from an overcrowded migrant boat off Libya onto a speedboat and speeding away.
Over 20 associations involved in defending human rights and those of migrants have sent a letter to the Italian government calling for "transparency" on the implementation of the European Pact for Migration and Asylum.
An observatory on foreigners under Italy's National Institute for Social Security (INPS) released data on November 28, highlighting that over 87 percent of foreign nationals in the country are employed.
The large number of migrants crossing the Channel to the UK constantly makes headline news. But the latest Home Office data reveal that the number of boat arrivals remains small compared with other foreign visitors.
The Irish are heading to the polls this Friday to elect a new government. The left-wing nationalist opposition Sinn Féin party, which is hoping to finally take power, is facing competition from an emerging populist right that's focu1