The private rescue ship Geo Barents spent more than 11 hours rescuing 440 people from a boat off Malta overnight. Meanwhile, the Ocean Viking disembarked 92 migrants in the Italian port of Salerno.
The arrest of fifteen alleged human smugglers in Calabria represents the first application of the so-called "Cutro decree" which introduces a 20 to 30 years prison sentence for human traffickers. Last week, 13 Egyptian and three Syr1
The Italian coast guard has rescued 32 migrants, including 4 women and a child, from a small island off Sicily called Lampione. Due to strong winds it took several voyages by helicopter to evacuate the group.
Ryyan Alshebl has become the mayor of a German village just eight years after fleeing the civil war in Syria.
Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper reported that 1,353 irregular migrants were intercepted across the country in recent days, according to information from the interior ministry. It added that 37 alleged smugglers, including four foreign n1