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[59] [60] [61] In April 2016, nearly 6,000 mostly sub-Saharan African migrants landed in Italy in four days. [62] In June 2016, over 10,000 migrants were rescued in four days. [63] In 2016, 181,100 migrants arrived in Italy by sea. [64] In April 2017, more than 8,000 migrants were rescued near Libya and brought to Italy in three days. [65]
Italy reinstated police checks at the border as of Oct. 21 for an initial 10 days, suspending the free movement normally allowed within most of the European Union under the Schengen treaty.
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 ...
Italy on Wednesday announced it will suspend an open-border agreement with neighboring Slovenia, citing an increased threat of terrorism in Europe due to violence in the Middle East. Premier ...
Italy will prolong border controls with Slovenia until June, Rome's interior ministry said on Wednesday, citing the risk of terrorists hiding among migrants in transit on the Balkan route. Free ...
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 ...
Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015. Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II. Western European countries, especially, saw high growth in immigration post 1945, and many European nations today (particularly those of the EU-15) have sizeable immigrant populations, both of European and non-European origin.
Italy and Slovenia are committed to restore free border circulation as soon as conditions allow, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday after holding talks with her Slovenian ...