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Italy cracks down on migrants as Meloni calls for a naval blockade off North Africa

The measures approved by the Cabinet focused on migrants who don't qualify for asylum and are slated to be repatriated to their home countries.

WEKU · Sep 19, 2023

Amid migration crisis, Italy set to pass stricter measures on arrivals

Last week, almost 10,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2023

Italy mulls new migrant crackdown as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats

The Italian Cabinet is meeting to adopt new measures to crack down on migration

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

EU’s von der Leyen announces plan to address migrant crisis during Lampedusa visit

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of irregular migrants and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy's premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.

France 24 · Sep 16, 2023

Bus with migrants crashes as Italy transfers new arrivals to relieve pressure on Lampedusa island

A bus reportedly transporting recently arrived migrants has slammed into a truck north of Rome, killing the two drivers

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Germany halts deal to take in migrants arriving from Italy as numbers surge

The German government said it has stopped taking in migrants from Italy under a European voluntary solidarity plan, in what could shape up to be a new standoff over asylum seekers in the bloc. This comes as the Italian island of Lampedusa receives a record number of new arrivals.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 14, 2023

Tiny Italian island coping with thousands of migrants who arrived in a short span

A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as it copes with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

‘You have to do it’: Refugees in Tunisia undeterred by Lampedusa shipwreck

Despite deaths at sea, refugees in the port of Sfax are still adamant about trying to reach Europe by boat.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2023

Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy

Four survivors have reportedly told the Italian Coast Guard that three children were on board

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2023

At least two killed, dozens missing in shipwrecks off Italy’s coast

Italian coastguard says it has recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people after two boats sink off island of Lampedusa.

Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2023