On June 19, a luxury cruise ship rescued 68 migrants who were attempting to reach the Spanish Canary Islands in a fishing boat that had drifted in rough seas. Five people were found dead. A week later, the NGO Caminando Fronteras re1
Bocar Diallo, 31, a Senegalese political refugee, died in Bolzano on June 23 following an explosion in the aluminum factory called Aluminium Bozen. The man suffered burns on 57% of his body, and it was impossible to save him.
Greek coast guards rescued 77 individuals in an extensive overnight operation between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia. The group has been transported to the touristic island of Naxos in the Cyclades.
A 10-year-old Iraqi girl named Nalina who survived a recent shipwreck in the Ionian Sea has met with both the man who saved her -- a Syrian named Ismail -- and her aunt, who came with her husband to the Calabria region of southern I1
The Italian cabinet on June 20 upheld a request from a group of NGOs for Italy to stop sending patrol boats to Tunisia. The decision sparked protest from the Brothers of Italy (FdI) political party.