Lampedusa
- Aug 23
Tunisian coast guard recovers up to 11 bodies after migrant boat capsizes off Zarzis
At least 11 bodies have been recovered and three people remain missing after a boat carrying 15 Tunisian migrants sank off Zarzis while heading for Italy.
- Aug 22
At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant vessel bound for Lampedusa capsizes
Two survivors were rescued after an Italy-bound boat carrying Tunisian migrants capsized off the Tunisian coast overnight into Saturday, leaving at least 13 passengers missing.
- Aug 19
Evangelical church in Nuremberg grants asylum to Somali woman facing deportation to Italy
A 22-year-old Somali woman scheduled for transfer from Germany to Italy under Dublin asylum rules has received shelter in a Nuremberg church, preventing her scheduled deportation flight.
- Jul 5
Pope Leo XIV visits Lampedusa, receives a paper ball and a letter from a young migrant who arrived alone 10 years ago
During a pastoral visit to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV met a boy named Leo who crossed from Ghana a decade ago, losing his mother on the journey. The child handed the pontiff a handwritten note and the paper ball that consoled him.
