Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017. Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and human…
File photo A tsunami alert was issued in Italy after a severe earthquake hit the entire region, including Turkey and Syria. According to international media reports, Italian authorities have issued a tsunami alert after a strong earthquake hit Turkey this morning. Italian authorities warned residents on the micro-blogging website Twitter to stay away from beaches…
File photo Italian coast guards rescued a migrant boat off the coast of Lampe Dossa island, but 8 people on board died while 40 passengers were rescued. Rescue personnel transferred the surviving passengers to the main port of Lampe Dosa. Italian authorities also rescued three other boats arriving in Lampe Dosa, carrying 156 migrants seeking…
