The Latest Breaking News from Mediterranean

Italy rescues 32 migrants stuck on desert island via helicopter

Italy's Coast Guard said on Monday it was forced to use a helicopter to rescue 32 migrants, including a child, who had been stranded on a desert island in the central Mediterranean since the previous say.

Reuters · Apr 3, 2023

Bristol Airport welcomes new airline with flights to Mediterranean beach destination

The city is known as the Turquoise Coast for the blue waters

Bristol Post · Apr 2, 2023

'It tricks you into thinking you're on vacation' – this interior designer's own backyard is a Mediterranean dream

Interior designer Jessie Lane turned a backyard plot overtaken by an oversized pool into a modern Moroccan retreat

Livingetc · Apr 1, 2023

At least 29 dead after migrant boats headed for Italy sink off coast of Tunisia

At least 29 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach Italy from Tunisia, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday.

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2023

At Least 29 African Migrants Die when 2 Boats Sink Off Tunisia

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday. Separately, in the last four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the coast of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2023

At least 29 African migrants die when two boats sink off Tunisia

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday.

Reuters · Mar 26, 2023

Migrant boats sink off Tunisia; five dead, at least 33 missing

Four African migrant boats sank off Tunisia on Wednesday and Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, leaving at least five dead and 33 missing, while the Coast Guard rescued 84 others, a judicial official told Reuters.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2023

Five migrants dead, scores missing after boat capsizes off Tunisia

At least five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and another 28 are missing after their boat capsized off Tunisia. The sinking is the latest such tragedy in the Mediterranean, the world's deadliest migration route.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 23, 2023

Several dead, scores missing after migrant boats sink off Tunisia

At least five African migrants died and another 33 were missing after four boats sank off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said.

France 24 · Mar 23, 2023

Five African migrants die, 28 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia

At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023