Italy's Salvini allows unaccompanied minors off migrant ship
After more than two weeks, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has allowed 27 minors to disembark a migrant rescue vessel. Others on board have not been authorized to leave the boat.
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This museum documents the tragic past and present of migration
The Italian island of Lampedusa has been an arrival point for migrants for decades, given that it's closer to Africa than to Europe. A museum on the island pays tribute to these people, who risk their lives in search of safety and better opportunities.
Richard Gere on Open Arms 'surprised by hatred in Italy'
American actor Richard Gere visited the Spanish NGO ship Open Arms on Friday to express solidarity with the rescued migrants who have been stranded on the boat for days.
Orphaned in Liberia, Mariam reaches Italy on the Sea-Watch 3
Mariam, a 23-year-old woman from Liberia, was rescued by the Sea-Watch 3 in June and taken to Lampedusa. InfoMigrants spoke to her shortly after her arrival on the Italian island.
On Lampedusa, a warm welcome with a smile
Being hugged, wrapped in a blanket and offered a cup of tea: This is how migrants who are rescued at sea in Italian waters are received on the Italian island of Lampedusa. It is not the authorities who organize this warm welcome, but a civil society group. Irene Caselli visited the Forum Lampedusa Solidale in June.
Salvini announces military ships will defend Italian ports
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced during a meeting of the country's national public order and security committee that Italy will use navy and finance police ships "to defend" Italian ports and to control migrant departures.
Pope dedicates mass to migrants, says no one is a foreigner
Pope Francis, during a mass for migrants on the sixth anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa, said that for God, "no one is a foreigner" and "no one is excluded". He called for considering migrants as people, above all else, and not an issue to resolve, calling on everyone to take responsibility.
Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa
An Italian coast guard vessel has safely landed 55 migrants on the island of Lampdusa after rescuing them from nearby waters. However, Rome has also refused entry to a ship that rescued migrants in distress off Libya.
Sea-Watch captain free after court order
Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old German captain of a migrant rescue vessel, was detained in Italy after refusing to stand down in the face of military orders. Italy had banned the Sea-Watch ship from entering its waters.
More than 40 migrants on fishing boat taken to Lampedusa
The Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms on Sunday said it had identified a fishing boat with more than 40 migrants in a state of severe dehydration near Lampedusa. Italian police and coast guard accompanied the boat to the tiny Italian island where the day before, local authorities had impounded the migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 and arrested its captain, Carola Rackete.
2 migrants evacuated from Sea-Watch rescue boat in Italy
Two migrants have been evacuated from the German Sea-Watch 3 migrant rescue vessel overnight for medical reasons, leaving 40 passengers who were saved off Libya 16 days ago still blocked offshore by Italy's refusal to let them disembark. In a gesture of solidarity, five Italian left-wing MPs spent the night onboard the Sea-Watch 3.
Sea Watch: Guarantor files complaint with Rome prosecutor
The Italian Guarantor for the Rights of Detainees filed a formal complaint with the Rome prosecutor's office to call for verifying "criminally relevant aspects" in the current block on the NGO search-and-rescue vessel Sea Watch 3.