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12 Dec 2021

Gas explosion in Sicily leaves 3 dead, 6 missing

Six people are missing owing to an explosion. 3 people are dead after a building collapsed.

07 Oct 2019

Nine dead, 22 rescued as boat carrying migrants sinks off Sicily

The UN migration agency said the boat had set sail from Tunisia and had been carrying Tunisian and west African migrants. Vessels from the coastguard and customs police had reached the vessel, which overturned in rough seas about six nautical miles from the coast of Lampedusa.

27 May 2017

Melania Trump's pricey jacket draws attention in Sicily

The burst of color in the US first lady's wardrobe came after a steady dose of mostly black and white during President Donald Trump's inaugural overseas tour.

15 May 2017

Boat with 512 migrants, seven corpses aboard reaches Sicily

An Italian coastguard vessel docked in Sicily's western port city of Trapani on Monday with 512 migrants and the bodies of a further seven on board.

23 Feb 2017

Over 1,000 migrants rescued in 48 hours from Mediterranean

More than 1,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea during several operations, and many more are expected to attempt the perilous journey as winter ends.

29 Jun 2016

Italy recovers 2015 sunk migrant boat, hopes to ID victims

The Italian navy has raised from the seafloor the migrant ship that sank off Sicily last year with an estimated 700-800 people aboard in one of the worst known tragedies of the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

14 May 2016

Migrants rescued off Sicily are not Syrians, says UN

There were hardly any Syrian migrants among the 800 people rescued off Sicily, contrary to earlier reports from Italy`s coastguard, the UN and the International Organization for Migration have confirmed.

23 Apr 2016

Sicilian mafia “declares war” on migrants, as Italian city resembles more like “Beirut than Europe”

According to MailOnline, Cosa Nostra is desperate to maintain supremacy after the African crime gangs, which arrived with the migrants, are engaged in a deadly turf war.

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12 Apr 2016

4,000 migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily in two days: Italy coastguard

Some 4,000 migrants have been rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily between Tunisia and Italy in the past two days, Italy`s coastguard said.

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