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The Italian coast guard rescued 22 migrants and recovered nine bodies after a boat overturned in a storm south of the island of Lampedusa, the Associated Press reported today. The boat had departed from Sfax, Tunisia, carrying 46 people from…

Over 1,100 migrants and refugees, including 121 unaccompanied children, were rescued off Italy’s southern coasts in the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported yesterday. Some 145 people were saved from three boats that departed from Libyan ports, while 797 others were…

Survivors from a sinking rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have revealed that around 60 individuals who set off from Libya with them a week prior tragically perished during the voyage, Al Jazeera reported. SOS Mediterranee announced on…

Italy’s Coast Guard rescued 46 irregular migrants stranded on the rocks of Lampedusa Island after crossing the Mediterranean, Anadolu Agency reported. The migrants, reported to be Pakistani and Egyptian nationals, were found at the western edge of Lampedusa. One migrant…

The Coast Guard of Italy rescued 49 migrants who were trying to cross from North Africa to Europe after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa Island on Thursday. According to Italy’s ANSA news agency, a Coast Guard…