Italian police clear migrant squatters amid burning debris
Migrants and squatters set up burning barricades at an abandoned school outside Rome after police were ordered to clear the site.
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Italy closes migrant centre thought to be the largest in Europe
Italy’s hard-line interior minister has closed a migrant centre in Sicily he called the largest in Europe, as he underlined the decrease in migrant arrivals since the populist government took office a year ago.
People-smuggler jailed for bringing migrants across Channel in dinghies
A people smuggler has been jailed for bringing migrants across the Channel in tiny inflatable boats.
Migrants in Italy boat dispute disembark despite ban
Migrants on a rescue boat that docked in the Italian island of Lampedusa against an explicit ban have disembarked after the vessel was impounded.
Migrant rescue ship docks in Italian port despite ban
An Italian rescue ship with 46 migrants on board has docked without incident in the Italian port of Lampedusa despite an explicit ban after declaring a state of emergency.
Airstrike on detention centre for migrants in Libya claims scores of lives
An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants near the Libyan capital early on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the UN mission to the war-torn country said.
Dozens killed as air strike hits migrant detention centre in Libya
An air strike has hit a detention centre for migrants in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials with the UN-supported government said.
Migrant father and daughter who died in bid to reach Texas laid to rest
A man and his young daughter who drowned trying to cross into Texas have been laid to rest, a week after a heartbreaking image of their bodies floating in the Rio Grande circled the globe.
Donations pour in for arrested captain of humanitarian rescue ship
Thousands of people have donated money to cover the legal costs of a German woman arrested after the humanitarian rescue ship she captained docked in Italy in defiance of the country’s anti-migrant interior minister.
Aid ship captain arrested after migrants step on to Italian island
The captain of a German aid ship was arrested after the vessel docked without permission at a tiny Mediterranean island, ramming an Italian border police motorboat blocking its way.
US and Mexico reach agreement to prevent tariffs, says Trump
President Donald Trump says he has suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States.