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Italy and Tunisia have signed an agreement that will see Tunisians currently staying at the overcrowded migrant centre on the southern Italian island of…

Interior Minister Roberto Maroni and his Tunisian counterpart Rafik Belhay Kacem agreed during talks in Tunis on Tuesday to work more closely in a bid to stem…

Conditions at the overcrowded migrant centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa remain ''inhuman'', opposition Democratic Party (PD) deputy head Dario…

Migrant facilities on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa were again strained to bursting point on Tuesday after more than 400 immigrants arrived by boat…

Italy, Malta, Greece and Cyprus on Thursday asked the European Union for greater support to combat illegal immigration at an informal meeting of EU interior…

The Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) on Wednesday slammed the government a proposal to make immigrants pay for the issue or renewal of permits to stay in the…

A meeting of G8 interior and justice ministers will take place in May on Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily where thousands of illegal immigrants from…

Italy will begin repatriating illegal immigrants who arrive by boat on the country's southernmost islands on Tuesday evening, Italian officials said.Police…

Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Monday promised tougher measures to deal with migrants entering Italy by sea, after hundreds landed on the small island of…

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Friday slammed Italy for the ''terrifying living conditions'' of immigrants doing seasonal farm work in the south of the…