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Baby found dead in migrant boat heading for Italy

Another 120 migrants were transferred by coastguard boat to the Italian island of Lampedusa

The Independent UK

Frontex Continues To Inform Libyan Authorities About Migrant Boats

Frontex reaffirms commitment to informing Libyan authorities about migrant boats in trouble. Collaboration with NGOs stressed for saving lives at sea.

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Aid groups dock 2 rescue vessels with 500 migrants in Italy

Two European aid groups have docked their rescue vessels in Italian ports and some 500 would-be refugees have disembarked, even as the Italian government insists it isn't backing down on its hard line against migrant smuggling operations from North Africa

The Independent UK

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More than 500 migrants arrive in Italy as rescue ships dock

Italy, which has vowed a tough line on immigration, took in more than 500 migrants on Sunday as two charity rescue ships were allowed to dock at ports in the south of the country after several days at sea in bad weather.

Reuters

Stranded migrants disembark in Italy as one ship heads to France

Nearly 250 people have been allowed to disembark after being shunned by Italy’s government as ‘residual cargo’.

Al Jazeera

Italy backs down on 3 migrant ships, 4th heads to Corsica

A European humanitarian group says its migrant rescue ship is heading toward the French island of Corsica in hopes that France will offer its 234 passengers a safe port

The Independent UK

Italy’s migration policy is in breach of international law, say legal experts

Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia Meloni

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Italy defends migrant policy after claims of illegal rejections

Catania (Italy) (AFP) - Italy's new interior minister insisted Monday it was treating migrants "with humanity" after widespread criticism of moves to allow only the most vulnerable to disembark from charity rescue ships.

AFP

Three migrants jump into sea in Italy port standoff

Catania (Italy) (AFP) - Three migrants rescued from the Mediterranean and brought to a Sicilian port but then banned from disembarking jumped into the sea in desperation Monday, trapped in a standoff between charity ships and Italy's new hard-right government.

AFP

Three migrants blocked in Italy port standoff jump into sea

Catania (Italy) (AFP) - Three migrants blocked on a rescue ship in Sicily leapt into the sea in desperation Monday, trapped in a standoff between charities that patrol the Mediterranean and Italy's new hard-right government.

AFP

Italy ‘breaking law’ by refusing to let migrants disembark, say charities in port standoff OLD

Hundreds of migrants blocked from reaching land as Rome takes hardline stance

The Independent UK

New right-wing Italian government refuses to let migrants rescued from Mediterranean to disembark

Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania

Evening Standard

Italy accused of illegally rejecting migrants as anger mounts

Rome (AFP) - Humanitarian groups on Sunday said Italy had broken international law by refusing to let in migrants plucked from the sea as a German rescue charity said it would take legal action against Rome.

AFP

Under Giorgia Meloni, Italy is refusing safe port to 4 ships that rescue migrants

The weeks-old government is allowing only migrants identified as vulnerable to disembark. Humanitarian groups, activists and two lawmakers protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane.

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The Guardian - UK

Italy stops dozens of asylum seekers on NGO ship from coming ashore

Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

AFP

Italy accepts some migrants, not others as tensions rise

Rome (AFP) - Italy readied Sunday to allow vulnerable migrants off a second charity rescue vessel in Sicily, but sources close to firebrand minister Matteo Salvini warned those not eligible to remain would be forced back into international waters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy Stops 35 Migrants from Getting off Rescue Ship in Port

Italian authorities prevented 35 migrants they did not deem vulnerable from getting off a boat in Sicily on Sunday as Italy's far-right-led government takes a hard line against privately operated maritime rescue ships in Italian waters. The impact of a directive ushered in by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi became clearer…

The Independent UK

Italy stops 35 migrants from getting off rescue ship in port

Italian authorities have prevented 35 migrants they did not deem vulnerable from getting off a boat in Sicily

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Al Jazeera

Italy lets minors, sick off migrant rescue boat but spurns others

Italy allows entry to Humanity 1, but refuses to respond to requests for safe port from three other rescue ships.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded on board NGO ships as storm hits

Three NGO ships are stranded in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta fail to greenlight entrance into port.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Charities: Child Migrants Need Safe Port as Tensions Rise

Children rescued in the Mediterranean must be allowed to disembark in a safe port, charities said Saturday, as a stand-off with Italy over migrant arrivals intensified. There are four humanitarian ships carrying rescued migrants currently requesting permission to dock safely in Italy as conditions at sea worsen in bad weather.…

AFP

Child migrants need safe port as tensions rise: rescue charities

Rome (AFP) - Children rescued in the Mediterranean must be allowed to disembark in a safe port, charities said Saturday, as a stand-off with Italy over migrant arrivals intensified.

AFP

NGO asks France, Spain, Greece for help in migrant stand-off

Marseille (AFP) - Migrant rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday it had called on the governments of France, Greece and Spain to help find a port for 234 people rescued while trying to reach Europe, after Italy and Malta failed to answer.

Reuters

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded in Med as NGOs urge Italy, Malta to help

Three charity boats carrying almost 1,000 rescued migrants on Wednesday urged Italian or Maltese authorities to welcome them into one of their ports, saying those onboard needed urgent assistance.

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