Lampedusa migrant crisis: 7,000 people arrive on Italian island of 6,000
CNN — Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island…
41 dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean
Rome CNN — Forty-one people reportedly died in a migrant shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors say, the latest tragedy amid a spike in efforts in people making…
Why are far-right parties on the march across Europe?
CNN — While the Anglosphere was wracked by a burst of populism in 2016, most European countries proved remarkably resilient. Long-held grievances in the United Kingdom and United States fueled…
Greek migrant boat tragedy: Pakistani boy’s fateful journey exposes impossible choice faced by millions
Gujrat, Pakistan CNN — Pervez Akhtar fights through tears as he recalls the final words of his 14-year-old son. “It will all be OK,” Muhammad Abuzar told him. “I’ll educate…
Greek migrant boat tragedy: CNN investigation raises questions about coast guard’s account of shipwreck
CNN — The hull of the fishing trawler lifted out of the water as it sank, catapulting people from the top deck into the black sea below. In the darkness,…
Village in Pakistan mourns nearly two dozen people after Greece boat tragedy
Bandali, Pakistan-administered Kashmir CNN — An air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes are fading fast for nearly two dozen residents who went…
Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation…
Italian Coast Guard escorting boat carrying 400 migrants in Mediterranean Sea
CNN — The Italian Coast Guard is escorting a boat carrying 400 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the volunteer-run service Alarm Phone, which received the boat’s distress call…
Sicilian island receives record-high migrants by sea
Rome CNN — A record of more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in the past day, an Italian official said on Saturday. Some 1,778 people…
Italy migrant deaths: At least 43 dead in shipwreck off Calabria
CNN — At least 43 people, including an infant, children and several women, died after a wooden boat carrying around 100 migrants broke apart on rocks off the coast of…