More than 500 migrants arrive in Italy as rescue ships dock
Rome, ItalyReuters Italy, which has vowed a tough line on immigration, took in more than 500 migrants on Sunday as two charity rescue ships were allowed to dock at ports in the south of the country after several days at sea in bad weather. The Geo Barents ship, operated by the Doctors without Borders (MSF) […]
Migrant charity ship spurned by Italy heads to France
Rome, Italy Reuters A migrant rescue ship with more than 200 people on board headed to France on Tuesday after Italy refused it permission to dock as its new right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attempts to crack down on migration across the Mediterranean. Meloni’s two-week-old government has told charity vessels to take rescued people to […]
Over 1,150 migrants rescued off Italy as new government mulls ban on two NGO ships
Rome, ItalyReuters Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened to prevent two refugee boats run by charities from entering Italian waters. The coast guard said 663 people and two bodies were picked up from a […]