Italy moved in to rescue over 2,100 migrants on the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian coastguard has rescued a total of 2,164 people as part of a major rescue operation to try to save migrants in trouble in the Mediterranean Sea. Italian media reported on Sunday that all migrants aboard 12 boats that set out from Libya’s coast have been helped to safety near the Italian island of Lampedusa. An ATR42... 

A group of migrant minors rescued by Italy’s operation Mare Nostrum. The Italian coastguard has commandeered a merchant ship off the southern coast of Italy after receiving an emergency call that it was carrying 500 illegal migrants. Italian coastguard personnel boarded the vessel when it was sailing some 90 miles off the coast of Reggio Calabria on Tuesday. Authorities then sailed the ship to the... 

Italy is threatening to allow refugees currently residing within its borders to make forays into the rest of the European Union unless the EU increases assistance in managing the influx of migrants arriving via boats from North Africa. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano demanded on Tuesday that the EU step up its efforts. “The European Union has two options: either it comes to the Mediterranean to...