sicily

• Italy

A reported 161 migrants were arrested in August by Sicily's Agrigento flying squad police on unlawful reentry charges, the local chief prosecutor said. The migrants had either been previously expelled or were reportedly not allowed to stay in Italy.

• Italy

A group of 160 migrants left the Italian island of Lampedusa for Sicily on Thursday morning. But the island's reception center is still overflowing, with more than twice as many people as it can hold.

• Italy
• Libya
• Tunisia

The number of migrants arriving in Italy from Tunisia and Liby has doubled in the first eight months of this year compared to last year. In August alone, more than 10,000 people arrived. Over the last few days, dozens of people were rescued from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean.

• Italy

More than 500 migrants arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend. A nurse from the medical charity MSF said many were injured and some had scars from torture.

• Italy

For Carmela -- born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents but then adopted by a white, Italian family -- the Rainbow Choir has opened a door straight to the heart of Italian culture and society. But even this innovative scheme, a flagship project of the Consulta della Cultura, is no skeleton key to being accepted in Italy.

• Italy

The disembarkation of more than 800 migrants from the rescue ships Ocean Viking and Sea-Watch 3 began at the weekend. Ocean Viking is hoping to complete the process on Monday, August 9. The migrants were on board the ships since the end of July.

• Italy
• Libya

Hotly-debated issues surrounding migration have once again been rekindled in Italy, as the number of arrivals rises. Meanwhile, Rome has asked for more solidarity within Europe as dialogue with Libya and Tunisia on migrant management heats up.

• Italy

The Catholic charity Caritas has launched an appeal to recover the bodies of nine victims of a shipwreck on June 30 off Lampedusa.

• Italy

Right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini attacked Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese following migrant landings in recent days. Salvini is calling for a sign from the minister, but maintains his party will stay in the government.

• Italy

A 38-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast gave birth to a baby girl after landing on the island of Lampedusa. The 38-year-old, Rita, who named her daughter Maria, was taken straight to the island's health center upon arrival, given the advanced state of her pregnancy.

• Italy

A reported 48 people have completed a course in Sicily to become tutors for unaccompanied migrant minors, organizers said on July 13. They will support the education and training of foreign minors.

• Italy
• Libya

The Ocean Viking arrived in Sicily on Friday morning to disembark over 500 migrants it has on board. The crew and migrants had been waiting for a week to be assigned a safe port. Food and water were about to run out when they were assigned a port on Thursday evening.