At least 1,000 people have drowned this year sailing from Libya to Europe

Tripoli (AFP) - A new shipwreck off the Libyan coast has left 63 people missing in the latest disaster to hit migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean.

Malta’s detention of the Sea-Watch 3 vessel on July 2 represents an increasingly aggressive crackdown on NGO search and rescue vessels in the central Mediterranean. While many groups halted their activities over the past year, Sea-Watch continued in its efforts to search for and rescue people on the move across…

'Witnesses are obviously not welcome,' says NGO operating Moonbird aircraft

Ship operated by the Spanish aid group Proactiva Open Arms allowed to dock in Barcelona

The leader of the right-wing party in Italy's populist government has told tens of thousands of supporters he wants to turn next year's European Parliament election into a referendum on immigration and job security.