Tag Archives: Lampedusa
Pope blesses Lampedusa cross
P(ANSA) – Vatican City, April 9 – Before entering St. Peter’s Square where 80,000 people awaited him, Pope Francis on Wednesday kissed and blessed a cross made out of wood from migrant boats shipwrecked off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.BRThe … Continue reading
Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest
IMG class=hide alt=”Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-b28fcc60e8d49750ec3df41b57fb91d0.jpg” (By Denis Greenan). P(ANSA) – Palermo, December 23 – A centre-left MP on Monday remained barricaded inside the migrant holding centre on the island of Lampedusa after shutting himself … Continue reading
Berlusconi, pope, Lampedusa top 2013 Twitter charts in Italy
(ANSA) – Rome, December 12 – Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi, Pope Francis, and a shipwreck that left hundreds of immigrants dead off the coast of Sicily were among the highest trending topics on Twitter in Italy in 2013. The microblogging … Continue reading
Berlusconi, pope, Lampedusa top 2013 Twitter charts in Italy
(ANSA) – Rome, December 12 – Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi, Pope Francis, and a shipwreck that left hundreds of immigrants dead off the coast of Sicily were among the highest trending topics on Twitter in Italy in 2013. The microblogging … Continue reading
Lampedusa disaster traffickers arrested
(By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Palermo, November 8 – Police arrested two alleged organizers of the voyage that ended in a disastrous shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island last month, taking the lives of 366 migrants seeking safe haven in Europe, … Continue reading
Lampedusa mayor asks EU heads for migrant law reforms
(ANSA) – Brussels, October 24 – The mayor of Lampedusa, the small Italian island that is first point of contact for tens of thousands of migrants sailing from Africa, urged European leaders meeting Thursday in Brussels to reform immigration law. … Continue reading
Some 127 migrants rescued from fishing boat near Lampedusa
(ANSA) – Lampedusa, October 24 – Coast Guard patrol boats rescued about 127 migrants crammed on to a 15-metre-long fishing boat that was in serious distress about seven miles south of Lampedusa, authorities said Thursday. Conditions at sea were rough, … Continue reading
Malstroem could sanction Italy for Lampedusa condition
(ANSA) – Rome, October 22 – Italy is “making efforts” to improve its migration situation, but could still face European sanctions if more isn’t done to improve conditions at the overcrowded Lampedusa migrants’ reception centre, European Commissioner for Home Affairs … Continue reading
Morricone writes piece to honour Lampedusa dead
(ANSA) – Milan, October 21 – Ennio Morricone, one of the film world’s most influential composers and an Italian legend, has written a piece in honour of the victims of the shipwreck earlier this month near Lampedusa. “The Voice of … Continue reading