Geo Barents leaves central Med, cites 'absurd laws'
MSF has announced it will cease migrant rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean due to "absurd laws". But it has vowed its Geo Barents ship will return to sea.
MSF has announced it will cease migrant rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean due to "absurd laws". But it has vowed its Geo Barents ship will return to sea.
An 18-year-old Ghanaian who could not open his mouth after his jaw was broken during beatings is finally able to eat, smile, and speak again, thanks to surgery in the town of Caserta in southern Italy.
Two migrants, reportedly Kurds from Iran, were among five people shot dead near Dunkirk over the weekend. A French man suspected of carrying out the shootings has turned himself in.
At least five people have been killed and dozens more are believed to be missing after a boat capsized off the coast of the tiny island of Gavdos south of Crete Friday night. Greek authorities said they rescued 39 migrants from the1
Tunisian authorities have recovered the bodies of nine people who died trying to cross the Mediterranean. Sea rescue organizations also carried out several rescues in international waters off Libya.