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For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, claiming the lives of one in 19, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday.Migrants…

Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta on Tuesday told her Libyan counterpart Najim Owida shortly after her arrival in Tripoli that it is necessary to ''stop human trafficking and irregular immigration''. The minister stressed that…

The European Union’s migrant strategy suffered a major new setback Friday with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres.The salvoes follow a fractious EU summit in…

Italy will allow 450 migrants who were picked up from an overcrowded boat on Saturday to disembark in Sicily. The decision was taken after Italy said that France, Germany, Malta, Portugal and Spain had each agreed to take 50 migrants.…

The Italian Government has contributed €500,000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya to support national reconciliation efforts. His Excellency, the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Mr. Giuseppe Perrone, and United…

The activity by the Italian Republic has caused a meltdown in Libya, creating a bottleneck. There are about 700,000 migrants in Libya and this is making it more difficult for them to move out, Tom Dowdall, NCA deputy director of…

Libyan UN-backed Foreign Minister, Mohamed Sayala, on Saturday announced the activation of the 2008 Treaty on Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation signed between Libya and Italy in 2008.Sayala made the announcement following a…

Italy’s interior minister on Thursday called for the end of the international arms embargo on Libya, saying weapons and migrant traffickers disregard it anyway. Matteo Salvini made the appeal at a news conference in Rome with a deputy…

 Italian newspaper La Stampa said a game between France and Italy is being played on Libyan soil, adding that the game is being fueled by the illegal immigration crisis. La Stampa added that the quick…

Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, on Saturday denied that Italy is planning to establish a military base in southern Libya."Rumors of Italy establishing a military base in Libya's South are simply fake news," Perrone…

The United States, France, Britain and Italy on Wednesday called on armed factions in Libya to cease fighting and withdraw immediately from oil installations at Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.In a joint statement, the countries said Libya's…

Italian right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he is to put a Libyan proposal on tackling the migration issue before European leaders at a summit on Thursday.“We will convey to the European leaders that Libya is…

Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday.Three separate operations took place on Sunday with the coastguard…

As Italy's new populist government cracked down on foreign NGO boats operating in the Mediterranean Saturday the Italian coastguard has followed suit telling boats in Libyan waters to "turn to" Libya when in distress.According to…

The Italian ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, tweeted Sunday that chaotic and too many initiatives in Libya could lead to more death boats, referring to growing illegal immigration crisis via the Libyan coast into Italy.He…

Libya's National Oil Corporation shipped its first cargo of propane from Zueitina port, four years after the gas processing plant at the port was closed due to protests, the company said late Wednesday.NOC said on its website it…

Libyan and Italian navies discussed increasing cooperation on training and combating illegal immigration, the Libyan navy's press service said Wednesday.Navy commanders Salem Erhuma of Libya and Valter Girardelli of Italy held the…

Gerard Canals, operation officer at the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, is not afraid of jail, reported the EUobserver. Earlier this month, the NGO helped save more than 200 people from drowning in the central…

Italian authorities accused Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms of aiding illegal immigration after one of their boats refused to take migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to Libya, heading instead to southern Italy.Proactiva's…

A Spanish humanitarian group says it has rescued three migrant brothers who set out from Libya in a rubber dinghy to seek leukemia treatment for one of them.Riccardo Gatti of the aid group Proactiva Open Arms told Italy’s RAI state…