VIDEO: Italy arrests after migrant deaths

Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants after they allegedly threw 12 Christians overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy across the Mediterranean.

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Italy arrests two over migrant boat

The captain and a crew member of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants, have been arrested, Italian officials say.

 

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VIDEO: How Italy copes with migrant influx

The BBC's Tom Burridge reports from the Italian island of Lampedusa, where authorities are struggling to cope with a huge influx of new migrants.

 

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Migrant rescue off Italy and Greece

More than 300 migrants, mostly Africans, are rescued from rough waters in two separate incidents off the coasts of Italy and Greece, officials say.

 

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Italy migrant increase 'incessant'

More than 2,000 migrants landed on Italian shores in January, a tenfold increase on the same month last year, official figures show.

 

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Italy warns EU over migrant talks

EU interior ministers are to discuss the Mediterranean migrant crisis, as Italy threatens a strong response if no deal is reached.

 

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Italy alarmed by Tunis migrant suspect

Italy is alarmed that a Tunisian suspected over the Tunis museum massacre in March entered by boat with other migrants, James Reynolds reports.

 

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Italy finds bodies in migrant boat

The Italian navy finds about 30 bodies in a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast.

 

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Migrant deaths renew pressure on EU

Italy's PM leads calls for more EU action on migrants after the latest boat capsize in the Mediterranean leaves hundreds feared dead.

 

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Kenya arrests over alcohol deaths

Two people have been arrested in Kenya after the deaths of 70 people from drinking illicit alcohol, amid growing anger over the incident.

 

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