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At least six migrants have died and 40 were missing after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

The island of Lampedusa is situated a little over 100km from the Tunisian coast. On board the boats arriving in Lampedusa from Tunisia, there are refugees and migrants from various African countries.

In 2018, UN Member States adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees. These Compacts were born in part as a response to tragedies such as ...

“When Italy was alone in handling the arrival of refugees in Lampedusa, to the point of deeply moving Pope Francis, neither France nor Germany were there to help,” Macron wrote.

France will not welcome any migrants coming from Italy's Lampedusa, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday, September 19, after the Mediterranean island saw record numbers of arrivals.

Sept. 16 (UPI) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will view first-hand the unfolding refugee crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa this weekend, her office announced Saturday.

The Italian authorities closed a reception "hotspot" in Lampedusa after 7,000 refugees arrived in 24 hours on Wednesday, according to the NGO Sea-Watch.

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it was imperative that the thousands of migrants who have arrived in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa be relocated because of its ...

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it was imperative that the thousands of migrants who have arrived in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa be relocated because of its limited ...