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

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 ...

Rather than head back to port, MSF completed three rescue operations before reaching La Spezia, in the Liguria province of northern Italy. NGOs also complain the government is forcing them to take ...

Italy has got its power fully back today after a nationwide blackout plunged millions into darkness. As engineers worked to keep the network up after Sunday's outage, politicians said Italy had ...

The Geo Barents rescue ship brought 48 rescued migrants to shore in Italy on February 17 - Copyright POOL/AFP Stanislav Kogiku The Geo Barents rescue ship brought 48 ...

At least 72 killed in shipwreck, including children Italy says no emergency alert from EU border agency Prosecutors investigate rescue response Smugglers prevented migrants calling for help ...

These links are signposted with an asterisk. More information here. I fell in love with Italy on a trip organised by the art tutor of my sixth-form college. We travelled in an old VW van ...

REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Italy's parliament on Thursday ... Giorgia Meloni's efforts to crack down on the rescue vessels, which her government says encourage ...

Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by Doctors Without ... Meloni, the leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, took office in October after promising to curb ...