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Hundreds feared drowned in Mediterranean; Italy calls for help

Italy renews calls for help as over 700 migrants are feared drowned in the Mediterannean. Prime Minister Renzi urges greater international cooperation.

Italy

Urgent meeting of EU ministers called after tragic new turn in migrant crisis

As many as 700 are feared dead after a ship capsized overnight off the Libyan coast

Libya

Over 650 migrants feared drowned

Up to 650 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean, on its way to Italy from Libya. The Italian

Italy

Italian president calls for more decisive EU action on migrant crisis

Around 13,000 migrants have been rescued off Italy over the past week alone

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Italy

Italy: Migrant burns victims crossed Mediterranean after gas explosion

Several African migrants are being treated in Lampedusa and Sicily after being injured in a gas explosion in Libya. They were refused treatment by human traffickers before they embarked on their journ

Italy

10,000 migrants enter Italy in last week alone

The wave of migrants arriving at Italy’s ports is showing no sign of let up, as hundreds more arrived in Pozzalo on Friday morning. Ten thousand

Italy

Christian migrants 'thrown overboard in religious clash'

Italian police are holding 15 Muslim men on suspicion of murdering a dozen Christians on a migrant boat from Africa.

South Africa

Peace march in South Africa amid rising violence against foreigners

A rising wave of violence against foreigners in South Africa brought thousands of protesters to the streets for a ‘peace march’ in the eastern city

Italy

41 migrants drown trying to reach Italy as the country calls for more help from the EU

Forty-one people drowned on Thursday while attempting to reach Italy by boat from Libya according to the International Organisation for Migration

Italy

More than a statistic: The human cost of migration to Italy

Hundreds die attempting to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa. Thousands are saved, but Italy is struggling to cope with escalating migrant arrivals.

Italy

Italy calls for a Europe-wide response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean

Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has called for a Europe wide response to the wave of migrants risking their lives crossing the

Italy

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

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.

Turkey

Turkish coast guards rescue over 50 Syrian migrants as their boat sank

At least 51 Syrian migrants have been rescued by Coast Guard teams as their boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast in two separate incidents. Videos

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

Turkey

Turkish coastguard opens fire to stop Syrian migrant ship

Italy has thanked Turkey for intercepting a cargo ship carrying mostly Syrian migrants. The Turkish coastguard fired on the engine room to prevent

Turkey

Over 50 Syrian migrants rescued from sinking boat near Turkey

Turkish coastguards say they have rescued some 51 Syrian migrants after their boat started to sink off the western coast of Turkey.

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Latest migrant tragedy claims at least 10 lives off Italian coastline

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.