Italian Coastguard

Migrant crisis: 'Scores of bodies' found on Libya boat

About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.

Italy rescuing 3,000 migrants, 18 boats off Libya

Italy's coastguard says it is coordinating the rescue of up to 3,000 migrants from waters off Libya after receiving SOS calls from 18 different crowded vessels.

Thousands of migrants rescued at sea

Nearly 3,700 migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian coastguard says

August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015

Migrant crisis: 'Scores of bodies' found on Libya boat

About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.

August 22, 2015
August 22, 2015

Italy rescuing 3,000 migrants, 18 boats off Libya

Italy's coastguard says it is coordinating the rescue of up to 3,000 migrants from waters off Libya after receiving SOS calls from 18 different crowded vessels.

May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015

Thousands of migrants rescued at sea

Nearly 3,700 migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian coastguard says