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EU risks complicity in migrant deaths due to Frontex inaction: report

Frontex should pull out of countries that fail to rescue migrants at sea or violate fundamental rights. Otherwise, the EU risks becoming "complicit" in the deaths, the European Ombudsman has warned in a new report.

World News

NATO member states test underwater capabilities off Sicilian coast

Seven member states are taking part in an annual exercise designed to strengthen NATO's underwater threat capabilities.

Tunisia

Nine people die off the coast of Tunisia while trying to reach Europe

The Tunisian authorities suspect the victims embarked from Libya.

Culture news

Violins made from battered migrant boats feature at La Scala concert

Inmates at Milan's largest prison have given new life to the remnants of Europe's deadly migrant crisis.

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Italy

Nearly 100 migrants dead or missing in the Med in January

The toll of the dangerous crossing in the Mediterranean Sea continues to rise.

World News

Albania court rules that migration deal with Italy can go ahead

Thirty Albanian lawmakers attempted to block the deal’s ratification by referring it to the Constitutional Court.

Economy

Euroviews. What is the economic impact of migration on Europe?

The recent surge in migration caused by war and instability means those seeking shelter as migrants, refugees or asylum seekers are affecting the socioeconomic landscape of Europe and its countries in more ways than one, Osama Rizvi writes.

Scenes

Meet the team turning marine trash into cash in France

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"At Sauvage, we are not limited to one idea. We can also innovate. We try, we experiment. It's an everlasting quest to improve the quality of what we do."

Libya

UN: More than 60 migrants drown off Libya

The deaths are the latest casualties in the central Mediterranean route often used by migrants and where, this year alone, more than 2,250 people have died.

Italy

Fishing villages in Naples ditch polystyrene in microplastic U-turn

The United Nations Environment Programme says 730 tonnes of plastic litter is dumped in the Mediterranean Sea every day. Euronews reporter Luca Palamara speaks to fishermen in Naples looking to cut down on plastic waste generated by the trade.

World News

UN says number of migrant deaths and disappearances in Mediterranean h

The figure for the number of people who have died or gone missing while crossing the Mediterranean is at its highest rate since 2018, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Italy

Over 250 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya

A rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning.

World News

Three times more migrants died in Mediterranean this summer

"The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for children and their future," UNICEF warned on Friday.

Euronews Witness

The inside story onboard a rescue ship on a deadly migration route

In this episode of Witness, Euronews reporter Monica Pinna joins an NGO rescue crew whose mission is to save migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean Sea. This immersive report takes you behind the scenes of a rescue operation.

Vatican

Catholic Church marks 109th World Migrant and Refugee day

Pope Francis, returning from a two-day trip to Marseille, called for the right not to migrate after the Angelus prayer on Sunday.

France

Pope in Marseille: Religious groups commit to helping migrants

Migrants "arrive and don't speak French. [They] have no friends, no money, no relationships... It is essential to help them integrate," one Christian volunteer told Euronews.

World News

Residents and migrants protest ahead of EU chief's visit to Lampedusa

Tensions on Lampedusa rose as both residents and migrants chafed at the long wait times to transfer people from the crowded reception centre to the Italian mainland

Italy

Why are migrants landing in Lampedusa being moved by authorities?

Migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa are being relocated to towns and cities across the mainland, often on the back of arduous journies across the Mediterranean Sea

Niger

Thousands of migrants who tried to reach Europe caught in Niger's coup

Sahr John Yambasu watched people die at sea and abandoned his journey but is among thousands who can't return home as borders closed following the coup in Niger.

Italy

Humanitarian groups rush to help migrants arriving in Italy

Humanitarian groups are rushing to help thousands of migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa.