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Italy 'turns blind eye' to more than 10,000 hours of illegal fishing

20 Italian bottom-trawling vessels were caught fishing within closed areas of the Strait of Sicily designed to protect young hake — the most overfished species in the Mediterranean.

World News

Mediterranean is world’s most overfished sea: report

A third of the the world’s commercial fish species are being caught at unsustainable levels, with overfishing at its most severe in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, according to a new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Italy

Rising sea levels threaten new parts of the Italian coast

Italian researchers are warning that rising sea levels in the Mediterranean threaten new areas of the Italian coastline.

World News

European migrant rescue NGOs stuck on dry land amid ‘political crackdown’

German charity Sea Watch compared the restrictions imposed by Malta to "stopping an ambulance trying to reach a road traffic accident”.

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World News

Migrants: MSF responds to Macron's criticism

In the past few days several European leaders - namely, French President Emmanuel Macron and Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - have criticised rescue vessels and NGO's for disobeying authorities, and exacerbating the refugee crisis.Listen to an interview with MSF Humanitarian Affairs Advisor

Spain

Hundreds of migrants arrive at Tarifa

Hundreds of migrants have been rescued by the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service. The migrants were taken to a makeshift migrant reception centre in Tarifa.

Spain

Migrants rescued in operations off the coast of Spain

The rescue operations come amid growing arguments over who should take the migrants

Italy

Euroviews. The negative image of migration portrayed in Italian newspapers

The Italian broadsheets have had difficulty in being neutral and avoiding any form of judgment in the description of events that have migrants as protagonists.

Europe News

Asylum applications in the EU fell by 44% in 2017

A new report by the European Asylum Support Office reveals that applications for asylum in the EU have almost halved. This is the second year in a row that the number of asylum seekers in the EU have fallen, but the inflow remains higher than the pre-crisis levels of 2014.

World News

Euroviews. Migration: Aquarius docks, but moral high ground rests on sand | View

Despite their claims, France and Spain have shown little solidarity in sharing the burden of irregular migration.

World News

Euroviews. SOS Méditerranée: the forced odyssey of the Aquarius is a wake-up call

SOS Méditerranée urges European leaders and civil society: the forced odyssey of the Aquarius is a wake-up call

My Europe Series

State of the Union: EU's migration policy runs into more choppy waters

World News

Drifting ship and bickering states: EU torn over migrants' fate

As a humanitarian vessel turned away by Italy and Malta heads to Spain, questions hang over the future of migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean.

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Inside the Aquarius as it sets sail for Spain

The voyage has been wrought with drama and difficulty: The Mediterranean crossing between North Africa and Europe is dangerous – more than 600 people have died so far this year while attempting to cross it.

Spain

Worsening weather means 'Aquarius' can expect rough journey to Spain

Migrants face misery of high seas and winds in cramped conditions before landfall.

Spain

'Aquarius' migrants near the end of their ordeal

Joy breaks out on the humanitarian vessel at Spain's offer of refuge after days at sea.

World News

SOS Méditerranée says "Italy can't do the job alone"

"Italy can't do the job alone" says the humanitarian organisation SOS Méditerranée

Europe News

Migrant ship drama - a test for Italy and Spain

The events in the Mediterranean have been closely watched by Brussels

Italy

Aquarius migrant ship drifts in Med as Italy and Malta close doors

Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges reports from on board the Aquarius whose 629 migrants it rescued from the Mediterranean remain stranded at sea.

Malta

Migrants in limbo at sea after Italy refuses harbour

Rome reportedly asks Malta to take over 600 refugees onboard humanitarian vessel.