The ship will be forced to remain inactive for 20 days at a time when migrant arrivals in Italy are reportedly on the rise.

The deaths of these migrants—hailing from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and elsewhere—comes as Italy continues to clamp down on efforts to rescue those who try to enter Europe by water.

The death toll has risen to at least 63 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered several more bodies STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy -- The death toll rose to at ...

There is always sadness among MSF staff when they lose an opportunity to rescue a boat in distress. In addition to that, Italy has decreed that NGOs can only do one intervention at a time at sea ...

An estimated 1,300 people are in danger off Calabria, where 73 people recently drowned in a shipwreck that sparked scrutiny of Italy’s rescue operations. The Italian coastguard has asked for ...

View of the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains, during rescue operations, in Alausi, Ecuador. REUTERS/Karen Toro ...

At least 67 people, including children, died in a shipwreck Sunday off the coast of southern Italy, and rescue workers fear the death toll could climb above 100 as they recover more bodies from ...

Prosecutors in Crotone opened an investigation on Thursday into what went wrong in the rescue operation of migrants off the southern Calabrian coast of Italy, as the death toll from the disaster rose ...

The maritime authorities of the Italian island of Lampedusa have proceeded to detain the rescue vessel ‘Louise Michel’ for ...

Search parties were still working on Monday to find survivors of a landslide in central Ecuador that killed at least 16 ...

Rescue teams have pulled more bodies from the sea, bringing the death toll from Italy’s latest migrant tragedy to 65 CROTONE, Italy -- Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the sea on Tuesday ...

Italian Coast Guard officer stands close to a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Rescue crews searched by sea and air for the dozens of people believed still missing from a ...