
Lampedusa Overwhelmed by Record Number of Migrants
The island’s reception center is on the brink of collapse after admitting 130 boats, carrying over 4,000 refugees, within the last 48 hours.

The island’s reception center is on the brink of collapse after admitting 130 boats, carrying over 4,000 refugees, within the last 48 hours.

The traffickers charged €2,400 per person for safe and comfortable travel, and only pretended to have found the migrants in rafts once they reached Italian waters.

An internal document reveals the EU and Athens knew about two children having died aboard the doomed vessel 15 hours before it capsized and sank, claiming the lives of approximately 600.

The Italian authorities cite safety concerns for the “indefinite” detention, but the SOS Méditerranée believes it was a politically motivated move to hinder their operations.

Socialists and liberals would like to force Italy and Greece to keep their ports open for migrant rescue NGOs, which are frequently accused by conservatives of colluding with traffickers to bring migrants into Europe.

Leftist members accused the Hellenic Coast Guard of destroying evidence and falsifying data, demanding an independent investigation into the incident, while also blaming the Commission for every crime committed against migrants in Libya.

Giorgia Meloni met with Tunisia’s president and prime minister as illegal immigration from North Africa continues to surge.

Illegal crossings of the Mediterranean intensify, with human traffickers mainly departing from Morocco and Algeria.

What is going on in the Mediterranean must be viewed through a much broader lens. Around the world, from southern Africa to South America, China is gaining control of an increasing number of ports.

So far this year, 10,000 illegal migrants have been brought to Europe by the fleet of NGO ships currently operating in the Mediterranean.