The Geo Barents private rescue vessel had to make two stops in Tuscany on July 19 and 20, disembarking hundreds of migrants it had saved at sea at the ports of Marina di Carrara and Livorno, respectively. The migrants had been inter1
An 18-year-old Afghan citizen was injured when several men broke into a refugee shelter, shouting xenophobic taunts. The perpetrators fled when other residents arrived.
At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week. Increasing political and economic instability in the country is pushing some to attempt dangerous sea crossings.
On the same day Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi received his Tunisian counterpart Kamel Fekih in Rome, Lampedusa fishermen announced a protest against the use of fishing ships for migrant transfers.
Two alleged smugglers aboard a boat that capsized off Lampedusa on July 12 have been arrested. The incident led to the death of a 4-year-old boy. Seven people are still missing at sea.