The body of a 3-year-old was plucked from the sea during the rescue on Sunday, while a 2-year-old died on board the rescue vessel, the group said.

A German rescue group says three young African brothers drowned making the perilous central Mediterranean crossing with their ...

Italian media reports and a Libyan official say police in Turin have arrested a Libyan warlord wanted by the International ...

Greek authorities say 66 migrants have been found in two locations on the southern island of Crete after arriving on the ...

Hanaa, a Sudanese woman who works gathering plastic bottles from bins to feed her children, says she was abducted in western ...

Greek authorities say more than 170 migrants have been picked up from rickety boats in recent days with most found off the southern tip of the country in a route that appears to be increasingly used b ...

Son of former autocrat says ex-French president was paid $5m in exchange for political favours, as French court tries 12 over ...

But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants ... ordering or assisting crimes against people imprisoned in the system since February 2015, according to the ...

A senior member of Libya's judicial police has been given a hero's welcome back home after Italy unexpectedly released him ...

Greek authorities reported the rescue of over 170 migrants in the past three days, with most found off the southern coast of ...

with 24.6 million people - about half the population - in urgent need of food aid, experts say. The UN refugee agency says more than 210,000 Sudanese refugees are now in Libya. The BBC has spoken ...