It was the first time an EU country sent rejected migrants to a nation outside the EU that is neither their own nor a country they had transited on their journey.

The IOM said more than 3,770 were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 - most crossing from ...

But since their inauguration in October, Italian courts have stopped authorities from using them and small groups of migrants sent there have returned to Italy. Italy's far-right-led government of ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have witnessed the formal exchange of a ...

"He knew how to speak to each one of us with acts of love, to those of us who are migrants … those of us who are marginalized ...

Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...

Grace Enjei fled war-torn Cameroon for Cyprus in hopes of eventually reaching Europe, and with Pope Francis’ help, eventually ...

Some memorable moments when Francis spoke out to defend migrants: July 8, 2013, Lampedusa, Italy For his first pastoral visit outside Rome following his election, Francis traveled to the Italian i ...