The Italian Navy patrol vessel Cassiopea, carrying 49 migrants rescued over the weekend in international waters south of ...

The mayor of Lampedusa, an Italian island, said that seven migrants had been rescued but ... the sea migration route between Africa & Europe is one the most dangerous routes in the world.

The body of a 3-year-old was plucked from the sea during the rescue on Sunday, while a 2-year-old died on board the rescue vessel, the group said.

They were probably trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa ... On Dec 18, at least 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died in a shipwreck off the city of Sfax, with five others missing.

Lampedusa is an Italian island in the Mediterranean ... place on the Central Mediterranean route, where migrants attempted to cross from North Africa to Italy or Malta, the IOM said.

A German rescue group says three young African brothers drowned making the perilous central Mediterranean crossing with their ...

Seven migrants were rescued, but at least 20 are missing after their boat sank en route to Italy from Libya, the mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa ... route between Africa and Europe ...