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400 people feared dead in Mediterranean Sea tragedy

Around 400 people are feared dead in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean. The migrants were attempting to make the journey between troubled

World News

Another tragic day off the Italian coast: 400 migrants die, witnesses report

Tuesday (April 14) marked another tragic day off the coast of Italy. Migrants arriving in the port of Reggio Calabria, at Italy’s southern tip, told

Italy

Freedom at a price: Thousands rescued trying to reach Italy from north Africa

Reaching Italy at any cost: at least nine migrants die and 5,629 are rescued from the Mediterranean in three days, prompting urgent calls for international help.

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Italy: 1,700 migrants rescued off the Sicilian coast

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My Europe Series

Migrant crisis: Flaws in EU policy

This week on Utalk, many of you have commented on our latest edition of Reporter, which focused on the dramatic situation of migrants in Calais, in

My Europe Series

Waiting to join Schengen: Romania a new gateway to migrants' heaven and hell

Romania is not yet part of Europe's borderless Schengen area, but it is eager to join it and is showing goodwill in securing Europe's outer border.

Italy

Italian ships rescue 1500 migrants in 24 hours

Italian navy and coast guard ships have rescued around 1500 migrants on board five boats in the Mediterranean in less than 24 hours

My Europe Series

Lost in France: the nightmare for migrants and local residents in Calais

We had great expectations... good politics, justice and humanity. But some people when they come here..our life is not even like that of a dog.

My Europe Series

All at sea: Europe's struggle to cope with growing migrant crisis

Thousands of desperate migrants continue to undertake the relatively short but highly dangerous voyage from north Africa to southern Europe

Italy

Sicily harbouring record migrants forced into long wait for asylum

Sicily has become a major new weigh station for migrants from Africa and the Middle East desperate to start new lives in Europe. Since the alarming

My Europe Series

Fleeing Kosovo: over the border and back again

Planes carrying Kosovars, who had illegally migrated to Germany, have begun landing at Pristina airport. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people left

My Europe Series

Libya on the brink: amid civil war fears and growing ISIL threat what's the EU doing?

Poland

Frenchman tries to smuggle Russian wife into EU in suitcase

A Frenchman has tried to smuggle his Russian wife across Poland’s border in a suitcase. The couple was travelling in a train from Moscow to Nice with

World

Immigration, Ukraine and Europe's Jihadis in "Perspectives" roundup of Europe's news channels

Three hot European topics in this week’s “Perspectives”, with Rai 3 reporting from Italy where the EU’s Frontex border administration has revealed

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Latest migrant tragedy claims at least 10 lives off Italian coastline

Italy

Police arrest suspect in latest migrant tragedy in Italy

Italian police have arrested one of two men suspected of involvement in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean which killed 10 people. The

United Kingdom

Farage calls for "common sense immigration policy "

The leader of the Britain’s UK Independence party has joined the election race ahead of the May 7 poll, by unveiling his anti-EU party’s immigration

Italy

Mediterranean migrants 'forced to take to sea'

There are claims that people traffickers have been forcing migrants onto boats despite bad weather, after more dramatic rescue missions.

Italy

Italy: Coastguard rescues almost 1,000 migrants in 24 hours

Dramatic footage from Italy’s coastguard has captured migrants’ desperate attempts to reach the safety of a rescue vessel after their own boat

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African migrants storm border into Spain