ATHENS, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A 39-year-old migrant was found dead on Friday after the Greek coastguard opened fire on a vessel carrying migrants off the island of Symi in the eastern…
https://gcaptain.com/greek-coastguard-fires-on-migrant-boat-one-dead/
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge on Friday cleared three migrant sea rescue charities that had been accused of abetting irregular immigration in complicity with human traffickers, throwing out a case opened…
https://gcaptain.com/italian-judge-throws-out-case-against-migrant-ngos-after-seven-years/
By Philip Pullella MARSEILLE, France, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Friday that migrants who risk drowning at sea “must be rescued” because doing so was “a duty of humanity”…
https://gcaptain.com/impeding-migrant-rescues-at-sea-is-gesture-of-hate/
MILAN, March 26 (Reuters) – A rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy was seized in Lampedusa on Sunday after Italy’s coast guard said the boat had disobeyed its instructions to head to…
https://gcaptain.com/banksys-migrant-rescue-ship-seized-by-italys-coast-guard/
MILAN, March 4 (Reuters) – Italy’s government will hold a cabinet meeting near the southern seaside town where dozens of bodies washed ashore after a migrant ship broke up on rocks last month, Prime…
https://gcaptain.com/italy-to-hold-cabinet-meeting-in-migrant-shipwreck-area/
Pope Francis defends maritime migrants after Italy’s newly elected Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a “migrant blockade” to crack down on immigration.
ATHENS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – European police have dismantled a criminal network that made hundreds of millions of euros smuggling migrants from Turkey to Italy mainly on yachts, Greek police…
https://gcaptain.com/stolen-yachts-smuggle-migrants-turkey-to-italy/
(Reuters)–Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms located a wooden boat on Tuesday (August 31) in the Mediterranean Sea carrying 23 migrants, including 4 children, from Tunisia. The boat was 21 miles…
By Darrin Zammit Lupi (Reuters) German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, many of whom were injured, some with severe “fuel…
by Angelo Amante (Reuters) – An Italian prosecutor formally called on Saturday for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini to be tried for kidnapping over his decision to prevent more than…