While Lampedusa often gets a lot of attention for its having to deal with migrants, its neighbor, Malta, often has to bear a similar brunt as well. Malta, a small EU nation of 400,000 people about 90 kilometers south of Sicily.…
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New round of migrants arrive in Malta
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 – 14:41 CEST
North African migrants stopped near Lampedusa, returned to Tripoli
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 – 16:37 CEST
Last week, 14 North African migrants were picked up by an Italian boat 30 miles off the coast of Lampedusa and 90 miles off the coast of Malta. Initially the Italian authorities refused to send any officers to the location…
More →EU wants Turkey, Libya to help with illegal immigration
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Monday, July 20th, 2009 – 19:12 CEST
In a recent meeting of EU justice ministers in Stockholm, the European Justice Commissioner, Jacques Barrot (pictured), said that the EU is seeking new negotiations with Turkey and Libya to try to curb illegal immigration into Europe.
The commissioner told…
More →UNHCR, Italy in tit-for-tat spat over migrants
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 – 18:35 CEST
According to The Associated Press, the UN High Commission for Refugees said yesterday that Eritrean refugees were “mistreated by the Italian navy when it intercepted them in the Mediterranean,” off the coast of Lampedusa.
Ron Redmond, the UNHCR’s spokesman, said that…
More →Lampedusa migration holding site now empty
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009 – 23:13 CEST
Since earlier this month, the migration holding site at Lampedusa has been entirely emptied. Yes, astonishingly, the same location that once held 1,800 migrants has been entirely devoid of anyone being held at the center.
According to an account earlier this month…
More →Italy Cracks Down on Illegal Immigration
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 – 17:08 CEST
Yesterday, Italy’s lower parliamentary chamber, the Camera dei Deputati passed a bill that made it a crime to enter or stay in Italy illegally. (Isn’t the entire definition of illegal immigration that it’s, erm, illegal?)
In any case, Premier Silvio Berlusconi and…
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