Courts ruled that the Italian government must pay German NGO Sea-Watch 76,000 euros and also ordered the release of its detained vessel, the Sea-Watch 5. The humanitarian organization welcomed the rulings as vindication against gove1
In a February 17 hearing, Carabinieri officer Roberto Nicola Cara provided a detailed account of what happened the night of a 2023 shipwreck off the Italian town of Steccato di Cutro in which almost a hundred people died.
As more Egyptians attempt dangerous journeys to Europe, families say smugglers are increasingly extorting them for money, threatening migrants' lives while desperation at home drives departures.
At least 15 bodies, believed to be those of migrants, have washed ashore on Italy's coasts in recent days. Authorities confirmed the discoveries on Tuesday along beaches in Sicily and Calabria's southern region.
The headteacher at a school in Crotone confirmed this week that the commemoration for the Cutro shipwreck on February 25 will go ahead after all. Initially it had been reported that the memorial would be blocked, reportedly due to a1