Lampedusa

Italian coast guards still recovering hundreds of migrants missing after shipwreck

Italian coast guard boats carrying divers headed out from the southern island of Lampedusa on Friday but choppy waters hampered their search for the hundreds of migrants still missing in a nearby shipwreck

Sicily shipwreck: At least 94 migrants dead after boat sinks off Italy's coast

It was one of the deadliest accidents in recent times during the notoriously perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Africa for migrants seeking a new life in the European Union.

Gaddafi planned to turn Italian island into migrant hell