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Italian-Mexican identity rests on the common experience of migration from Italy in the late 19th century, a period characterized by a general Italian diaspora to the Americas. About 13,000 Italians emigrated to Mexico during this period, [ 4 ] and at least half returned to Italy or went on to the United States. [ 5 ]
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 is becoming overwhelmed.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants to their home countries and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday ...
The first Italian migrants arrived to Mexico as early as 1857 with larger waves arriving in the 1880s. Many of the migrants established several Italian-speaking towns throughout the country. [2] During World War I, Mexico remained neutral because it was involved in its own revolution during the same time and closed its diplomatic office in Rome ...
Map of Italian islands. This is a list of islands of Italy.There are nearly 450 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.
Three members of Italy’s border police force are under investigation for a suspected role in a shipwreck off the country’s southern coast this year that killed more than 90 migrants, Italian ...
Cross made with wood of broken immigration boats in Lampedusa. In 2009, the overcrowded conditions at the island's temporary immigrant reception centre came under criticism by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The unit, which was originally built for a maximum capacity of 850 people, was reported to be housing nearly ...
The operation involved three ships and an airplane, the coastguard said in a statement, and was carried out some 14 miles away from the tiny island's coast.A total of 296 people, including 14 ...