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Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

Italian authorities prevented 35 migrants they did not deem vulnerable from getting off a boat in Sicily on Sunday as Italy's far-right-led government takes a hard line against privately operated maritime rescue ships in Italian waters. The impact of a directive ushered in by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi became clearer…

Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily

Oslo rebuffs Rome’s claim it should take charge of people rescued by NGO vessels flying its flag.

France and Germany are asking Italy’s new far-right-led government to grant a safe port to nearly 1,000 people rescued by humanitarian groups in the central Mediterranean, some of whom have been stuck at sea for more than two weeks

Humanitarian groups caring for 1,000 rescued migrants aboard three ships in the central Mediterranean are sounding an alarm about deteriorating conditions on board and fragile survivors

Italy’s new interior minister has defended the government from criticism that a decree banning rave parties could be used to clamp down on sit-ins and other forms of protest

Girl became separated from parents and disembarked on island of Lampedusa after 26 hours at sea

Government’s priorities questioned as fascist sympathisers parade ‘calmly and happily’ in dictator’s home town