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at least 58 people have died in that disaster, including children and a baby. they died after the boat that was carrying them sank in rough seas off the southern italian mainland, according to the coastguard. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near a seaside resort in the calabria region, with others found in the waters nearby. these pictures from the italian coastguard were filmed in darkness, early on sunday morning — and you can see the wreckage of the boat. one local official...

at least 59 people, including a baby, are reported to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in rough seas off the southern italian mainland. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near a seaside resort in the calabria region, with others found in the waters nearby. these pictures from the italian coastguard were filmed in darkness, early on sunday morning — and you can see the wreckage of the boat. one local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. rescu...

ROBERT HARDMAN: To put it in perspective, imagine that 3.7 million migrants suddenly landed on the shores of Kent - in one week. I suspect even the most liberal would concede it was wrong.

The president of the Central African Republic tells the UN General Assembly that slavery and colonization by the West orchestrated the current migrant crisis Europe is facing.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked t

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who

Europe News: The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa is facing a surge in migrant boats arriving from North Africa, with the number peaking at 7,000 people. The islan

LAMPEDUSA, Italy — The  tiny Italian island of Lampedusa struggled on Thursday to cope with a surge in migrant boats from North Africa after numbers peaked at 7,000 people — equivalent to the entire local population.The local reception centre, built to house fewer than 400 people, was overwhelmed with men, women and children forced to sleep outside on makeshift plastic cots,

Thousands of migrants began departing the Italian island of Lampedusa Friday for Sicily, alleviating strain on the hotspot where record recent arrivals equalled the tiny island's population.The Italian Red Cross said Friday morning that 700 transfers had already taken place and another 2,500 people were expected to depart the island in the course of the day.