164,000 migrants welcomed on Lampedusa since June 2023 – Red Cross
The Italian Red Cross (CRI) has welcomed over 164,000 migrants on Lampedusa since it started managing the local hotspot on June 1, 2023, including 39,000 people so far this year.
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20 Italian academies open their doors to Moroccan students
Twenty Italian academic institutions have taken part in IDOHE, Italian Days on Higher Education. The initiative was held in Morocco and organized by Uni-Italia with Italy's diplomatic-consular network.
Chinese migrant dies during attempt to cross from Serbia into Croatia
A Chinese national is reported to have died after a boat carrying at least 10 people capsized in the Danube River separating Serbia and Croatia. The group of migrants from China was reportedly trying to cross the river border irregu1
Humanity 1 rescues 39 migrants as nine die in Strait of Sicily
The NGO-run vessel Humanity 1 reached Sicily on October 4 with 39 migrants on board and the bodies of two migrants who died shortly after a rescue operation south-east of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Seven others drowned before1
Pope urges to 'overcome stereotypes, prejudice on migrants'
Pope Leo XIV has urged to promote a culture of fraternity on the theme of migration, overcoming prejudices and indifference during a homily delivered on October 5 in St Peter's Square to mark the Jubilee of Migrants and the Missiona1