The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Italy   20 bodies recovered as search for migrants continues6 April 2011 (Times of Malta<)—Twenty bodies have been recovered so far in the Central Mediterranean as the search goes on for up to 130 migrants missing after their boat capsized off Lampedusa. The Italian Coast Guard said the incident happened during a storm.Read more< New migrant arrivals on Lampedusa lead to massive overcrowdingGENEVA, 21 March 2011 (IOM<)—The arrival of more than 1,630 irregular migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday 20 March and overnight Monday 21st has led to massive overcrowding at the migrant reception centre where IOM and partners monitor reception assistance and provide legal counselling to migrants,asylum-seekers and unaccompanied minors.Read more< Improved sea conditions cited as reason for large migrant arrivals to LampedusaROME, 8 March 2011—Another nine boats carrying 660 irregular migrants, all Tunisian, arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last night. The migrants are said to have left from Tunisa.Read more< Europe ECHR looks at Italy’s asylum policySTRASBOURG, 7 April 2010 (Radio Netherlands Worldwide<)—The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is considering a landmark lawsuit filed by 23 asylum seekers against the Italian state, which in the past year has intercepted boats filled with potential migrants in international waters and shipping them off to Libya.Read more< Italy Boat with 200 refugees arrives in ItalySICILY, 21 November 2009(DW-World<)—Roughly 200 hundred refugees from Africa have arrived in Sicily, after travelling across the Mediterranean by boat.Read more< Italy Prelate appeals for consideration of migrants' needsVATICAN CITY, 25 August 2009 (Zenit<)—The secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers is stating that a new Italian law making irregular migration a criminal offense is an "original sin."Read more<  |
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