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Residents of Italy’s southernmost island have long welcomed migrants, but many feel their community needs help too.

"Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome." With these words, Pope Francis admonished Europe for failing to treat migrants with dignity. Speaking during his recent visit to the melting-pot French Mediterranean city of Marseille, the pontiff lamented what he called a "fanaticism of…

The 2013 Lampedusa tragedy known as the children’s shipwreck shook the world’s conscience. Survivors still want answers.

Editor’s note: “This is an adapted version of an article originally published in Spanish on the 28th of September, 2023. It takes in an EU policy development that occurred subsequent to the publication of the first article.

A decade after two tragic shipwrecks that shook Europe, Lampedusa is at the centre of a humanitarian crisis again.

The staggering toll increased more than 60% from last year, when fewer migrants attempted the dangerous journey to Europe. This year so far, the majority of migrants are arriving in Italy.

Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion, but prefer that any newcomers leave as quickly as possible.

Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

Islanders lament how little has changed despite the crackdown promises of politicians – whom cynics accuse of chasing votes

Thousands of desperate people have arrived, yet hostile Italian and EU leaders offer no help – to them or to islanders, writes former mayor of Lampedusa Giusi Nicolini

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that France would not be taking in any of the migrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last week. FRANCE 24 looks back at six years of French U-turns on immigration policies.