At least 30 people are missing and 17 were rescued after a boat with migrants capsized en route to Italy from Libya over the weekend, Italy's coast guard says. Separately, more than 1,300 migrants were brought ashore in Italy after1
A judge in the north-western Italian city of Turin acquitted 18 left-wing activists who had trespassed on public property because evidence at the trial showed that they helped migrants who were trying to reach the border with France1
In discussions surrounding the shipwreck that took place off the coast of Calabria on February 26, EU commissioners firmly defended Frontex's response.
Over 1,300 migrants arrived by boat at Lampedusa on Tuesday and Wednesday from Tunisia. In a press release, the Italian coast guard patted themselves on the back for saving 38 of them.
Scores of migrants made the deadly sea crossing to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday and Wednesday.