Lampedusa is just 70.2 miles from Tunisia and has been the first point of entry to Europe for more than 200,000 refugees and irregular migrants who have passed through the island since 1999 ...

After the Lampedusa tragedy where more 100 migrants died, the British Refugee Council says Europe must do more to welcome those fleeing persecution.

For the Lampedusa refugees, this would mean losing all that they had gained since 2011 such as the recognition, after months of postponements, of asylum already obtained in Italy.

On Lampedusa, the lucky few who made it across the sea live in misery. Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

Tonight comprised the culmination of over two weeks of huge protests in the city of Hamburg in support of the Lampedusa refugee group. Over 9,000 people took to the streets to show their support for ...

Refugees who died off Italy 10 years ago remembered as new crisis flares Two tragic shipwrecks off Lampedusa shook the hearts of European leaders in 2013. Now, policies and rhetoric towards those ...

One Year After the Lampedusa Refugee Tragedy. When over 300 refugees drowned off the coast of Italy last October, the incident prompted widespread outcry and promises to save more lives.

Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees will be hosted by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) to benefit their Global Education Initiative. JRS hopes to double the number of refugees that are currently in their ...

Some 170,100 refugees arrived in Italy in 2014, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration estimates that 21, 191 migrants reached ...

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