Italy ran an operation that saved thousands of migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean. Why did it stop?

Back in October 2013, more than 300 migrants died near the Italian island of Lampedusa. These men and women had been trying to make the journey across the Mediterranean from Libya to what they saw as a land of opportunity, Europe. Instead, their boat sank and they drowned. The Italian coast guard was only able to save […]








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