Lampedusa is the first stop for many migrants to Europe, and volunteers care for those who don’t survive the journey ...

At least three migrants, including two young children, have died during a perilous sea crossing from Libya to Italy, ...

A boat used by migrants and confiscated on Lampedusa, sits next to a painting by Abdalla Al Omari titled The Boat during a ...

LAMPEDUSA With the improvement of weather and sea conditions, migrant landings towards Lampedusa have resumed with intensity.

A German charity says four people, including two small children, have died during a migration voyage in the Mediterranean.

The migrants were intercepted on Saturday on a rubber boat floating adrift south of the Italian island of Lampedusa that had been spotted by a surveillance aircraft of the EU border agency Frontex.

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi ...

The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities. In 2013, the newly elected pontiff made his first pastoral visit outside Rome to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a hot spot ...