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Pope visits multicultural Marseille as some in Europe talk of fences and blockades to curb migration
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis arrived Friday in the French port city of Marseille, for centuries a multiethnic and multifaith melting pot, to amplify his call for the Mediterranean to be a place of welcome for migrants, not a cemetery for people who die trying to cross the sea to Europe....
Italy approves new migrant detention as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats
ROME (AP) — The Italian government approved new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration issue returned to center stage in Europe with talk of a naval blockade. ...
EU pledges crackdown on 'brutal' migrant smuggling during visit to overwhelmed Italian island
MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants to their home countries and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy’s premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly...
Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance
MILAN (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which was overwhelmed with thousands of migrants arrivals this week, at the invitation of Italy’s premier, who is calling for a naval blockade of North Africa. ...
Italian leader Giorgia Meloni vows to take 'extraordinary measures' to deal with a migrant influx
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed Friday to take “extraordinary measures" to deal with an influx of migrants, including calling anew for a naval blockade of North Africa, after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the island of Lampedusa from Tunisia. ...
What's behind the surge in migrant arrivals to Italy?
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of migrants and refugees have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa this week after crossing the Mediterranean Sea on small unseaworthy boats from Tunisia, overwhelming local authorities and aid organizations. Scenes of chaos at an overcrowded...
Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day
LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. The Red Cross...
A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy
ROME (AP) — A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia, overwhelmed a tiny southern Italian island on Wednesday, taxing the coast guard's capability to intercept the smugglers' vessels and testing Premier Giorgia Meloni's pledge to thwart irregular migration. ...
Italy's Meloni meets with China's Li as Italy's continued participation in 'Belt and Road' in doubt
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit and vowed Saturday to “consolidate and deepen” relations, as Rome considers abandoning Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure...
Italy's government approves crackdown on juvenile crime after a spate of rapes and youth criminality
ROME (AP) — Those who used the Sept. 7 story are asked to use the following story. ROME (AP) — Italy’s right-wing government Thursday approved a decree to crack down on juvenile delinquency, broadening conditions under which minors aged 14 or above can be jailed, following a...
