By Steve Scherer ROME, May 8 (Reuters) - Nigerian migrants who survived a deadly sea crossing last year filed a lawsuit against Italy for violating their rights by supporting Libya's efforts to...
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By Steve Scherer ROME, May 8 (Reuters) - Nigerian migrants who survived a deadly sea crossing last year filed a lawsuit against Italy for violating their rights by supporting Libya's efforts to...
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By Steve Scherer ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The European Union's border agency Frontex launched a new Mediterranean operation called Themis on Thursday, removing the obligation of the previous mission...
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MILAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Around 800 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe and two bodies were recovered, Italy's coast guard, which coordinated the...
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More than 119,000 came to Italy by boat this year after a record 181,000 made the crossing in 2016 By Steve Scherer ROME, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017...
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by Reuters Tuesday, 26 December 2017 11:23 GMT Migrant arrivals to Italy have fallen by two-thirds ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - More than 250 migrants were rescued in the central Mediterranean during the...
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by Reuters Friday, 3 November 2017 19:45 GMT ROME, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled 700 boat migrants to safety in the Mediterranean and found 23 bodies during one operation on Friday, an Italian...
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A new force in the Libyan coastal town of Sabratha is preventing people leaving, often by locking them up, prompting a sudden drop in departures ROME, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Italy denied on Wednesday...
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Most of the squatters were Eritreans who had been granted asylum ROME, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Police using water canon and batons clashed on Thursday with refugees who had occupied a small Rome square in...
Italy fears aid groups are facilitating people smuggling from North Africa and encouraging migrants to make the perilous passage to Europe By Isla Binnie and Antonio Denti ROME, July 31 (Reuters) -...
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CATANIA, Italy, July 14 (Reuters) - More than 1,400 migrants disembarked in Italy on Friday, the first of more than 4,400 who are expected to come ashore during the day after being picked up by...
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Arrivals of migrants to Italy are up almost 18 percent on the same period last year ABOARD VOS HESTIA RESCUE SHIP, June 15 (Reuters) - H umanitarian rescue ships picked up more than 1,000 migrants...
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Twelve suspects detained so far and one speedboat impounded, along with two fishing boats and seven cars, police said By Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy, June 6 (Reuters) - Italy broke up a...
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Rome hoped to persuade other major industrialised nations to open more legal channels for migration and to focus attention on food security Migrants coming by sea to Italy at record pace Calm summer...
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More than 45,000 people have reached Italy by boat from North Africa this year, a more than 40 percent increase on the same period of 2016 ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - Rescuers saved 484 migrants from...
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By Steve Scherer ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy will open new detention centres across the country in the next few months as part of its push to speed up deportations of illegal migrants, despite...
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The body of a dead person was found on one of the dinghies. ROME, April 6 (Reuters) - Italy's Coast Guard and humanitarian ships rescued 1,350 migrants in 12 separate operations in the Mediterranean...
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In the past two days, rescuers have picked up more than 1,100 migrants at sea Humanitarian ship picked up survivor on Tuesday - IOM Some 1,100 migrant rescues made in two days Italy passes law to...
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The weekend rescues mean that about 22,000 mainly African migrants have been picked up heading to Italy so far this year ROME, March 26 (Reuters) - Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants...
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"Experience shows that voluntary returns are most cost-effective" * EU prioritises voluntary returns to tackle migrant crisis * Many migrants struggle as street vendors in Italy * Germany investing...
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ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Almost 2,500 boat migrants were rescued in the past three days, the Italian Coast Guard said on Thursday, as this year's arrivals already far outpace the record-setting 2016. ...