Lebanese rescue teams continued to search the Mediterranean for survivors on Monday after an overloaded boat carrying migrants capsized. A national day of mourning has been declared, as dozens of people are believed to have died.
The humanitarian vessels Ocean Viking and Geo Barents both rescued groups of migrants in distress at sea off Libya over the weekend. Meanwhile, hundreds of people were intercepted and returned to Libya.
Save the Children and a juvenile court in the Sicilian city of Catania have signed a protocol to improve the hosting system and the protection of foreign unaccompanied minors. Nearly a quarter of unaccompanied migrant children and t1
The war in Ukraine has made the situation for refugees around the world much more difficult, a representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.
More than 97,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in Italy thus far. Most of them are women and children, given that Ukrainian men up to the age of 60 are required to stay in their home country.