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Hottest recorded night' tonight as heatwave scorches Britain

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UK could endure hottest recorded night tonight

Kate Howard - July 23, 2019

UNITED KINGDOM Britain could be about to endure the highest night-time temperature ever recorded as the country swelters in...

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sky news africa Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO

Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO

May 14, 2021

South African sex workers call on government to decriminalize trade

South African sex workers call on government to decriminalize trade

August 17, 2019

United States to deny visas to Nigerians who 'undermined elections'

United States to deny visas to Nigerians who ‘undermined elections’

July 24, 2019

Trump targets China with tariffs on $300bn in goods

Trump targets China with tariffs on $300bn in goods

August 2, 2019

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sky news africa As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety

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As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety

Chinese firm to invest $147m in copper project in DRC

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Chinese firm to invest $147m in copper project in DRC

skynewsafrica Coronavirus: Malawi banks suspend key payments, reduce digital banking rates

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Coronavirus: Malawi banks suspend key payments, reduce digital banking rates

sky news africa In the year up through July 2015, some 175,000 migrants were plucked to safety in the Mediterranean from smugglers’ boats and brought to Italy. From August 2016 through July 2017, the number was even higher — about 183,000. In the last few years, Italian authorities have made it difficult for humanitarian rescue ships operating in the central Mediterranean Sea. Some of the charity boats have ended up impounded in Italian ports for technical reasons. And when anti-migrant leader Matteo Salvini was Italy’s interior minister in the previous government, humanitarian rescue boats were sometimes kept at sea for days or weeks at a time with migrants aboard while waiting permission to disembark. Commenting on the latest figures, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said many of those setting out from Tunisia in small boats and reaching Italy are Tunisians determined to escape economic hardship in their homeland, not refugees fleeing conflict. She and Italy’s foreign minister will visit Tunisia on Monday, along with two European Union commissioners, to try to boost solidarity with Tunisia and its “young democracy,” Lamorgese said. While thousands of migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, still set out for Europe from lawless Libya, where human traffickers have been based for years, according to Italy’s latest figures more migrants reached Italy by sea from Tunisia than from Libya. Italy has a repatriation agreement with Tunisia that allows Italian authorities to relatively quickly send back to Tunisia those found ineligible for asylum.

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Migrants increasingly reaching Italy by sea from Tunisia