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EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more tha...

Apr 20, 2015 08:16 AM EDT

Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis

As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, r...

Apr 19, 2015 06:22 PM EDT

Italy's migrant crisis intensifies with murder arrests, drownings

Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant...

Apr 17, 2015 06:08 AM EDT

Italy wants North African countries to rescue migrants at sea

Italy wants Egypt and Tunisia to play a role in rescuing stricken migrant vessels in the Mediterrane...

Mar 21, 2015 09:32 AM EDT

Italy rescues another abandoned migrant ship

A ship carrying hundreds of migrants has been abandoned by its crew in rough seas in the Mediterrane...

Jan 02, 2015 07:28 AM EST