On Wednesday, a baby boy was born on board the migrant rescue ship Geo Barents in the central Mediterranean. The baby’s mother fled Libya with her three other sons. A second woman on board was also nine months pregnant. Both have now been evacuated.
Several hundred migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean in the last few days. The migrants were picked up by private rescue ships and the Italian coast guard. Four people are missing after a boat sank off Lampedusa.
A new film in Italy, Tra le Onde (Amid the waves), uses fiction to look at the issue of immigration in the Mediterranean.
Tunisia has been going through a severe economic and political crisis in the last few years. More than one out of three young persons is unemployed. The route to Europe, which is lacking qualified personnel in many sectors, seems like the only way forward.
Last week 500 migrants landed in Greece on a rusty fishing vessel, revealing a new and until now rather discreet route: From eastern Libya to southern Italy.
A common myth told by migrant smugglers is that crossing the Mediterranean Sea is easy. Evidence shows that this is false. Here's a look at the facts.
Smugglers tell refugees and migrants lies and distorted versions of the truth to convince them to take dangerous irregular journeys to the European Union. The fact checking team debunks common claims.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called on the EU to place the migration routes in the Mediterranean at the center of its action.
European interior ministers on Friday welcomed an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals after a furious row over a private rescue ship erupted between Italy and France.
A four-year-old girl who reached Italy without her parents on a boat carrying migrants from Tunisia in October was repatriated on Thursday, authorities said. A judge in Sicily ruled she should be returned on a request by Tunisian authorities.
More than 50,000 people have died on global migration routes since 2014, according to the latest numbers released by the United Nations.
The European Commission has announced an 'Action Plan' to stop migrants from crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe. The move follows a bitter dispute between France and Italy over states' responsibility for rescued migrants.