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As the vast majority of migrant people landing in Italy targets destinations in Central and Northern European States, there is a tendency to avoid filing permits applications in Italy and rather try a northwards land journey. [40] Refugees and migrants arriving in Italy by sea, 1997–2021 [41]
The border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on June 25, 2022, a day after at least 23 migrants died in a bid by around 2,000 people to force their way into Europe. (Fadel Senna ...
On 26 February 2023, a boat carrying migrants sank amidst harsh weather conditions while trying to land on the coast of Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort village near the town of Crotone in the region of Calabria in Southern Italy. The boat was carrying about 200 migrants when it sank, of whom at least 94 died, [1] including at least 35 children.
The Libyan ambassador to Italy stated that Gaddafi controlled illegal migration to meet his goals: "he wanted to turn Lampedusa black with Africans". [9] In October 2013, the center accommodated the survivors of the shipwreck of a boat carrying migrants from Eritrea, Somalia and elsewhere, which capsized offshore, resulting in least 300 deaths ...
Italy deputy PM on trial for blocking migrant boat. ... "Turning the duty to protect Italy's borders from illegal immigration into a crime is a very serious precedent," she posted on X earlier ...
Migrants disembark from the Italian navy ship Libra at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. - Vlasov Sulaj/AP/File
The aims of EU operational patrols in the Mediterranean are to secure EU borders, to target smugglers of migrants, and to rescue migrants at risk. [ 5 ] Following earlier phases when Italy had borne the brunt of economic and social consequences of mounting such operations, Joint Operation Themis is intended to support Italy with border control ...
Survivors and family members of victims of a tragic shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just a few meters off Italy’s southern coast, returned for three days of ...